Cemetery

In 1749 the Jewish cemetery was established on the Heidweg. It replaced an older cemetery, which can no longer be located today. Originally, the cemetery grounds were surrounded by a rampart. However, this was destroyed during a cemetery desecration in 1769.

The last burial took place here in 1931. There were also several desecrations of the burial ground during the National Socialist rule.

Since 1853 the Jewish burial ground of Viersen was located on the Florastraße. Buried here was until the year 1906. When the Jewish community 1907 by the city a part of the municipal cemetery had been handed over, went in compensation the part of the older Jewish cemetery, on which until then no burials had taken place, into the municipal possession.

Today there is a green area here. No gravestones have been preserved. A memorial stone reminds of the former Jewish cemetery. It can be assumed that the former burial ground was larger than today's lawn.

The 2,170 m² large cemetery served the Jewish community Anröchte already before 1800 as a burial place. The last burial took place in 1997. The 46 gravestones (mazewot) are partly heavily weathered.

The cemetery itself is bordered by a rubble stone wall; numerous poplars provide shade.

Source: Wikipedia

The first indication of the cemetery are maps from 1680, which show a short branch channel on the Lippe, which was probably dug for the extraction of earth with which the site was fortified. On the map of Johann Peter Roscher from 1776 it can be seen that the cemetery had already grown up to the Burgmühle by then. A further enlargement did not take place and until its abandonment the area measured 2.85 acres.

The 300 sqm large cemetery is hidden in the industrial area „Im Köhl“ at the junction of „Auf der Koppel“ with Wienbachstra&szlig. The cemetery „Auf der Koppel“ was bought in 1838  by Abraham Moises. The cemetery was destroyed during the Nazi period, all gravestones are missing. Eight Gräber show a stone border.

The memorial stone at the entrance was designed by Sister Paula (= Tisa von der Schulenburg, Ursulinerin):  "To the memory of our Jüdischen Mitbürger, who became victims of the tyranny in the years 1933-1945.

The newest of the three Pirmasens Jewish cemeteries is part of the municipal forest cemetery. In four rows so far 64 gravestones lie in the grave field 6, the shortest accessible über the entrance pavilion. This Jewish cemetery was established in 1927 and is still occupied today. Some graves are ornate, but most of the stones are in a simple triangular shape, which were set before the Nazi era and even after the war. Where this shape of gravestones comes from is unclear.

The Jewish cemetery on Ottostra&szlig is part of the city's Old Cemetery. The Jewish part was established in 1878, when the Jewish community in Pirmasens had grown strongly and the space in the cemetery in Zeppelinstraße was no longer sufficient. Burials took place until the cemetery was closed in 1927 and again in 1933. The original 150 or so graves, some of them very ornate, were almost completely destroyed during the Nazi regime and a pond and a fire shed were built on the grounds. After the war, 17 rescued gravestones could be reinstalled in a row along the cemetery wall.