Cemetery

The first mention of the old Jewish cemetery on Heideckerstrasse dates back to 1723. The Jewish community had initially leased the site before acquiring it in 1744 through the then community leader Hertz Levi.

Already in the course of the 18th century- or at the beginning of the 19th century, the first extensions of the cemetery took place. In 1854, the next expansion took place with the acquisition of the land adjacent to the north side of the burial ground.

Sometime between the years 1883 and 1889, the burial hall, which still stands today, was built in the cemetery.

Around 1900, the Jewish cemetery on Heideckstraße was completely occupied, so that the Jewish community acquired a plot of land for a new burial ground next to the municipal cemetery in Alte Gladbacher Straße. On this younger Jewish cemetery is buried since 1903 until today still.

Already in 1945, extensive restorations of the Jewish cemetery began. Many stolen gravestones and sculptures could be retrieved. However with many stones to this day still no data could be chiseled in again, since no data were to be procured.

The older Jewish cemetery in Krefeld Hüls was probably occupied since the 17th century. It was located on the former Moersische Straße, today's Klever Straße. Buried here until the year 1890, after which the younger Jewish cemetery was created at the Strathof.

Due to National Socialist pressure, the Jewish community was forced to sell the plot of the burial ground in 1937.

Today, neither the former burial ground nor the gravestones have been preserved.

In 1768, a Jewish cemetery on Venloerstraße in Dülken was mentioned for the first time. Until the year 1873 burials took place here. In the same year, the newer Jewish cemetery was then opened on Kampweg.

In 1938, the cemetery site was sold to a company. Today, the site, which is designed as a green space, is owned by the city.

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.