Cemetery

The cemetery is located on a dirt road between Westbüderich and Holtum. It is a small lawn with seven graves and stones.
In 1744 there has been a Jewish cemetery in Büderich. Possibly this cemetery is identical with the present cemetery.
According to the sign at the entrance, the last time a burial took place here was in 1925. However, a gravestone has the year 1991 as the date of death.

The Judensand is one of the ältesten Jüdischen Friedhöfe Europe. A tombstone found there dates to the year 1049 - it is exhibited with permission of the Jüdische Gemeinde Mainz in the Landesmuseum Mainz.
With the banishment of the Jüdinnen*Juden from Mainz in 1438, the cemetery was destroyedürt and partly used as a vineyard. Gravestones were used as building material for buildings in the city.

From about 1700, part of the medieval cemetery area was again used for Jewish burials. It is the lower part, which borders on the Mombacher Stra&szlig.