Cemetery

"In the cemetery at the Loshardt (Flur 8, No. 56), occupied since 1835 until 1937, there are 32 gravestones from the years 1865 to 1937 (Reuter 2007). In the historical maps of the Preußische Neuaufnahme (1891-1912) the Jewish cemetery is registered as „Bgr. Pl.“ (Begräbnisplatz) (cf. map view).
„After World War II, shot foreigners were also reburied in the cemetery “ (Arntz 1990)

In the available sources there are no references to the exact date of the foundation of the old Jüdische cemetery in Hülchrath. A cadastral map from 1811 describes the plot as "Old Jüden Kirchhof". Due to the high groundwater level, the land was repeatedly flooded. 1900 at the end of today's Jahnstraße the new Jüdische cemetery was created, on which 1907 the first burial took place.

Already before 1526 there was a Jewish cemetery in Hemmerden. The plot was donated to the community by the sovereign Elisabeth zu Salm-Dyck. When all Jewish inhabitants had to leave the village in that year, the cemetery was abandoned. The old Jewish cemetery of Hemmerden was located at the Stesser Mühle. The land was returned to the original owners in 1826. Schulte gives 1827 as the year of foundation of the new, still existing Jewish cemetery. The database Epidat as well as Pracht-Jürns mention 1813 as another possible year of foundation.

The old cemetery of the Jüdische community of Wevelinghoven, which was established before 1800, no longer exists today. Due to its central location in the town center, it had already become an obstacle in the eyes of the town administration in the middle of the 19th century. In 1864, the Jüdische Gemeinde Wevelinghoven planned to repair the dilapidated cemetery wall, which was to be supported by a grant from the city administration. When the community considered an expansion of the cemetery, the city withdrew the financial support, however.

The Jewish cemetery in Wevelinghoven is located at the Zehntstraße opposite the driveway L142. The plot was acquired in 1868 by the Jewish community in Wevelinghoven, after the old Jewish cemetery on today's Oberstrasse had become an obstacle in the eyes of the town council due to its dilapidated wall and its central location in the town. The purchase of the land, which was located far outside the village, was therefore subsidized by the city. A destruction of the cemetery in October 1930 is documented, the perpetrators remain unknown.

The last burial took place in 1934 or 1935, 1938 the cemetery was partially verwüstet, 1940 took place the forced sale.

It should still be about. 25 gravestones are preserved, probably sämtlich in the rear third of the long and narrow Grundstückss, through the closed entrance gate are only about 5 of them to be made out.

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