Cemetery

A Jewish cemetery probably existed from the middle of the 19th century until about 1900 at Harkortstraße, corner Schwarzwaldstraße. Further details are not known. Whether the gravestones disappeared or were moved to the Lirich cemetery cannot be determined exactly. Today, a green area has been built on the site of the cemetery. A memorial stone reminds of the former cemetery.

Here was a cemetery from 1912 in the northeastern part of the municipal cemetery. The first grave laying took place around 1918, the last around 1930. During the war, the cemetery was partially covered by a bunker, today the eastern part is probably under the highway 516. In the year  1946, some dead were reburied with the stones to the Lirich cemetery. The cemetery was bought by the city and is used differently today. The last remains of the cemetery were moved to the municipal cemetery in Lirich in 1970. There are no reliable dates.

About the oldest cemetery in Oberhausen is quite  little known. It is located on the site of the former municipal cemetery at the Kaisergarten. He has been lifted around 1922, the region was used as a slag heap of a nearby ironworks. There are no documents about the whereabouts of the gravestones. Possibly they were brought to the Liricher Westfriedhof at the Emscher street. No traces are found there.

The cemetery is located at the main road between Otterstedt and Ottersberg. It can be found at the north edge of the grove "Hainbuchen" at the northeastern edge of the forest.

The Hoppelaufriedhof was created around 1626 cemetery. Since 1834, the first Jewish cemetery in Baden-Württemberg has been located here in a demarcated area, which was integrated into a (Christian) city cemetery.

Nothing more is known about the history of a Jewish cemetery in Bergen. The cemetery is said to have still existed as a part of the municipal cemetery in the 1950s.

"From the main road from Bremerhaven via Langen to Nordholz and Cuxhaven, turn right in Midlum exactly opposite the turnoff in the direction of Dorum and Wermen into Wanhödener Straße. (At the turnoff there is a signpost to the Jewish cemetery.) Follow this road straight ahead to the end of the village. After about 2 km, on the right side of the road, a signpost that cannot be overlooked points to the cemetery, which is about 50 m away in a small wood."

Dr. Hans-Peter Laqueur