Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery is located  at the Zengelsberg.

It was occupied from 1834 to 1937. There are still 37 gravestones there today. During the Second World War prisoners of war were also buried there. They were later reburied.

"In the Jewish cemetery, on the 50th anniversary of the "Reichskristallnacht", a memorial was dedicated to the expelled and murdered members of the former Jewish community."

Editor's note:

This is a quotation instead of the term "Reichskristallnacht" the term Novemberprogrome is used today.

"The date of construction of the cemetery is not known. As early as 1854, the political community approved its expansion, but forbade the enclosure, in order to continue to allow the grazing of cattle. In 1860/61, the cemetery grounds were again enlarged and enclosed, after between 1840 and 1860, ten adults and two children had been buried on the previous grounds. The Jewish cemetery exists to this day.

Chodová Planá/Kuttenplan is a small village approx. 8 km südlich Mariánskě Lázné/Marienbad

When in 1686 the Jews were expelled from Planá/Plan, some families found refuge in neighboring Kuttenplan, where Jews must already have been residentäsig, since the first mention of a synagogue there dates from 1645.

Around the middle of the 18th century, more than 20 Jewish families are said to have lived in Kuttenplan, and around 1750 they replaced the old synagogue with a new building. Around 1770 their number had grown to more than 30 families.

closed cemetery - protected as a monument

"According to the calculations of the Łabędzki family from 1898, there are 778 gravestones or their fragments in the necropolis" (see: Małgorzata Frąckowiak)

extensive gravestone stock (German and/or Hebrew inscriptions). "On an area of 0.3 hectares are preserved only about 150 tombstones, the älteste dates from 1840 and belongs to Margaliot Schnitzer, Großmother of Emin Pasha." (see: Opolskie-Nieruchomosci.pl)

In 1873 [!] the Jewish community of Meiningen was able to create its own burial ground on the north side of today's municipal cemetery. The first burial was in 1889. The cemetery area covers about 25,00 ares. There are about 130 gravestones in total. Among the buried are also some of the former land rabbis of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen. More recent graves of the 20th century are located in the upper part of the cemetery. The last burial was in 1944.(Alemannia Judaica)

The Jewish cemetery Essentho is located away from the village on the Fürstenberger Stra&szlig. It was used from 1830 to 1937. Jews from Essentho, but also from the surrounding communities were buried.

In the working-class district of Segeroth in Essen, the Jewish cemetery was opened in 1885 as part of the Essen municipal cemetery. Burials were still held here until 1991. There are still about 700 gravestones today.