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Jewish cemetery (Herleshausen)

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Underneath the Soviet military cemetery (already clearly signposted from Eisenacher Straße) lies the old Jewish cemetery with about 70 tombstones, some of which are still in good condition.
Left of the entrance to the military cemetery, a narrow path leads to the entrance of the Jewish cemetery.
Those wishing to visit the cemetery should inquire beforehand with the local congregation, which holds the key to the cemetery grounds. 
Both cemeteries, Jewish and Soviet, are well preserved and regularly maintained. 

Jewish cemetery Hotzenplotz

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In Czech Osoblaha, formerly Hotzenplotz (Yiddish Hotzplotz) is the largest Jewish cemetery in the Czech Republic after Prague. More than 100 gravestones with Hebrew and German inscriptions can be found on the hilly grounds. The oldest graves date back to the 17th century. The cemetery was used not only by the Jewish inhabitants of Hotzenplotz, but for many decades also by surrounding communities, e.g. Weidenau (now Vidnava). Hotzenplotz itself had in its heyday more than 5,000 inhabitants, more than half of whom were of the Jewish faith.