International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
GERMANY: REGIONAL INFORMATION
GERMAN MATERIALS maintained and updated by H Peter Sinclair,
Fritz Neubauer, Eva Radding, Jason Hallgarten and Peter Strauss; (originally assembled by Arline Sachs and
proof-read/edited by Carol Levy Monahan) for the IAJGS International
Jewish Cemetery Project. Please send any content comments to the coordinator
or technical comments to the webmaster.
GENERAL:
"Nearly 2,000 Jewish cemeteries exist
today in the Federal
Republic of Germany. The total number of Jewish gravestones have
been estimated at 600,000. Destruction, willful and by the
elements, endanger these tombstones. A major task of the Central
Archives in the first years of its existence was the preservation
of the inscriptions by an extensive photo-documentary.
Photographs of about 54,000 Jewish tombstones in
Baden-Württemberg are now in possession of the Central
Archives. In addition, the Central Archives stores photographs of
more than 5,000 Jewish gravestones of Lower Saxony. Information
on other documentation-projects of Jewish gravestone inscriptions
is collected systematically." Source: Central Archives for
Research on the History of the Jews in Germany http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/englisch.htm
BOOK: Haus des Lebens; Juedische Friedhoefe / [von]
Herbert Liedel [und] Helmut Dollhopf. Wuerzburg: Stuerz, 1985.
200 p. col. illus. 31 cm. The 108 color illustrations are
photographs by H. Liedel and H. Dollhopf; Ernst M. Stein, Juergen
Franzke and Hermann Glaser wrote the accompanying texts.
Bibliography: p. 200. ID# q GT 3242 L5 [Leo
Baeck Institute]
A good site for obtaining information about towns in Germany
is http://www.meinestadt.de/.
From
the main site just follow the links by choosing the appropriate
state that the town or city is in. If you know the name of the
town or city and that name is unique you can go directly to that
town's listing by using the following format for the URL:
http://www.meinestadt.de/(NAME OF THE TOWN) (eg.
http://www.meinestadt.de/worms for the city of Worms) The site is
in German. [thanks to a Gersig post by Rich Isaak July 2001]
BADEN - WUERTTEMBERG:
In his Site "Alemmania Judaica" , Dr.Joachim
HAHN, Obermayer German History Award winner,(Ploechingen- near
Stuttgart) presents an excellent List with links to all Jewish
Cemeteries in Baden-Wuerttemberg, an important source for
researching in that area. Source: Gersig posting May 2003
www.alemannia-judaica.de/
www.alemannia-judaica.de/juedische_friedhoefe.htm
Data is on the web at http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj.
The data from that site is incorporated into this project. Some
cemeteries are indexed. Also see general section - Central
Archive for Research on the History of Jews in Germany. An
organization is researching and improving Jewish cemeteries in
the Baden Wuertemberg area of Germany. The address was in the
Aufbau as Landeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung Baden
Wuerttemberg, Gedenkstaettenarbeit, Att. Konrad Pflug,
Sophienstrasse 28-30, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany. Source: Philipp
Goldmann; fips@icanect.net.
"Our archives took the photos of the
gravestones in
Baden-Wuerttemberg. Then came the "Landesdenkmalamt", established
with the help of our photo documentation. We have paper-copies of
all these documentations. They include names of all the people
buried in each cemetery. Until now we have on our web site only a
bibliography of the existing documentation. That's what you saw.
One year ago I proposed to the Landesdenkmalamt to publish the
lists of names of all the cemeteries (where documentation exists)
on our web site. But they did not give us permission to do this.
They want to do it by themselves. But they are not so quick. We
could do it immediately, but we have not the right. You can write
to them. May be it would be helpful. One year I told them, that
people in America are waiting for the data." [date?] Please write
to Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Wuerttemberg, Prof. Dr .D. Planck,
Postfach 10 29 37, 70025 Stuttgart. Source: Dr. Peter Honigmann,
Zentralarchiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in
Deutschland, - Archiv in der Traegerschaft des Zentralrates der
Juden in Deutschland -, Bienenstr. 5, D-69117 Heidelberg,
GERMANY, Telefon: +49 (0) 6221 164141 Telefax: +49 (0) 6221
181049 E-Mail: Zentralarchiv@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Homepage: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj.
- Erinnerungen und Zeugnisse Juedischer Geschichte in Baden
- Wuerttemberg by Joachim Hahn; Stuttgart: Theiss, 1988.
Detailed list by town and village of whatever traces remain of
Jewish life in Baden-Wuertt. Refers to all known cemeteries,
gives location and describes condition; no list of names.
(DS135.G4 B1934 1988) Source: George Arnstein, 2510 Virginia Ave
NW, Washington, DC 20037 E-mail: george.arnstein@verizon.net.
All cemeteries listed by Dr. Hahn will be entered alphabetically
below as soon as there is a volunteer to do this.
- Davids Stern an Rhein und Neckar; Ausfluege auf den Spuren
juedischen Lebens in Baden - Wuerttemberg by Susanne
Wetterich. Stuttgart: Silberburg 1990, ISBN 3-925344-38-1, 263
pp. cemeteries & where to get key.
- Der juedische Friedhof; Zeuge der Geschichte - Zeugnis der
Kultur, edited by Alfred Udo Theobald. Karlsruhe: Badenia
1984, ISBN 3-7617-0228-0, 104 pp. incl. BADEN, (DS135.G3 J86x
1984).
BAVARIA:
For information about old cemeteries in Bavaria:
Landesverband de Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in
Bayern
Effner Str. 68
81925 - Muenchen 81
GERMANY
Att: Herr Michael Trueger
- Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen Lebens in Bayern; eine
Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen:
Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992,
ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X,
352 pp.]; lists synagogues and cemeteries, with exact location,
information on current condition and brief general description,
many photographs. Source: VLB (1st ed.: DS135.G36 S39 1988). All
of the cited cemeteries from the FIRST edition have been entered
in the alpha list below. Apparently, there is a 2d ed. at LBI :
ID # DS 135 G36 S395 1992.
- Zeugnisse judischer Vergangenheit in Unterfranken by
Schwierz, Israel (the author) trough Bayerische Verlagsanstalt
Gmbh, Bamberg. Source: Daniel Rothschild, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Juedische Friedhoefe in Oberfranken by Karl Dill.
Bayreuth: Regierung von Oberfranken 1992 (Heimatbeilage zum
Amtlichen Schulanzeiger des Regierungsbezirks Oberfranken 187),
42 pp. ie juedischen Friedhoefe in Kriegshaber, Buttenwiesen und
Binswangen; Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Juden in der
ehemaligen Markgrafschaft Burgau/ Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1912. 37p.
20cm. (Zur Geschichte der Juden im bayerischen Schwaben, ID # DS
135 G36 L34 [LBI].
- Seidl, Glinther Heinz: Der juedische Friedhof auf
bayerischen Landkarten. - In: Nachrichten fuer den juedischen
Buerger Fuerths (1980), Sept., S. 16-18; Source: AE DDR and
BERLIN: (Neue Bundeslaender/DDR und Berlin)
- Stein und Name, Die juedischen Friedhoefe in
Ostdeutschland; Michael Brocke, Eckehart Ruthenbert, and Kai
Uwe Schulenburg; published by: Institut Kirche und Judentum Band
22; Berlin 1994; 720 pages, about 120 picutres; DM 39,80. ISBM
3-923095-19-8; information on over 300 towns with tombstone
inscription translations (from Hebrew to German); for information
or ordering contact: Institut fuer Kirche und Judentum, Dom zu
Berlin, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin; tel.: 030/2469153; fax:
030/2469154; Source:Professor Dr. Michael Brocke, Freie
Universitat Berlin, Fachbereich, Philosophie und
Sozialwissenschaften II, Insitute fuer Judaistik (WE 1),
Schwendenerstr. 27, 14195 Berlin.
FRANCONIA:
UNTERFRANKEN (Frankonia) and OSTHESSEN:
- Haus des ewigen Lebens: juedische Friedhoefe in Osthessen
und Unterfranken: Fotografien und Gedichte - Wissenswertes ueber
juedische Friedhoefe. By Birmann-Daehne, Gerhild /
Lauterbach, Druck: Mergard, 1987. 96 p. illus. (part col.) 21 x
23 cm. Bibliography: p. 95. ID # GT 3250 A2 B53 [Leo Baeck
Institute: http://www.lbi.org/
]
LOWER FRANCONIA:
Material on Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia (Burgpreppach,
Ebern, Ermershausen, Kleinsteinach, Limbach, Memmelsdorf,
Schweinshaupten, Untermerzbach) at LBI : Ebern; Jewish community;
Storage-Location: A 23/6; Accession Number(s): AR 5854. Photos of
cemeteries of Jewish communities in Unterfranken, Bavaria.
(Schwierz). Three photographs of Jewish cemetery in
Maroldsweisach and Emershausen. English, German. (1995; Location
at Leo Baeck Institute: Israel
Schwierz collection; Storage-Location: A 20/0, A 23/7;
Accession Number(s): AR 5042, AR 5829.
HESSE: (Northern)
The Wiesbaden Main State Archive group 'Kommission fuer die
Geschichte des Judentums in Hessen' at the Hauptstaatsarchiv,
Mosbacher Str 55, Wiesbaden, Dr Kropat, is doing a monumental
registry of Jewish cemeteries in the State of Hesse, photographs
and translations of remaining stones. Source: Charlotte Guthmann
Opfermann; CHARLOTTEO@aol.com.
- Juedische Friedhoefe in Nordhessen: Bestand und
Sicherung by Eva Grulms & Bernd Kleibl. Kassel: J.
Stauda, c1984. Bibliography: p.30, Cemeteries, Sepulchral
monuments DS135.G4 H4271 1984 Diplomarbeit Gesamthochschule
Kassel 1981/82] at LBI : ID # GT 3250 H48 G7 [LBI ] ü Spuren
einer Minderheit; Judenfriedhoefe und Synagogen im Werra
-Meissner Kreis, by Karl Kollmann and Thomas Wiegand.
Bischhausen: Museumsverein Bischhausen - Wichmannshausen,
1986.DS135.G4 4x.
- Wissenschaftliche Bearbeitung Juedischer Friedhoefe in
Hessen by Hartmut Heineman. In: Aschkenas 1 (1991), 211-215
Instandsetzung und Pflege juedischer
Friedhoefe durch die
politischen Gemeinden; by Ernst Maiwald. In: Hessische Staedte-
und Gemeinde-Zeitung 1985, Nr. 4, 142-146 Eastern Hesse,
Unterfranken
- Haus des ewigen Lebens; Juedische Friedhoefe in Osthessen
und Unterfranken, Fotografien und Gedichte, Wissenswertes ueber
juedische Friedhoefe, by Gerhild Birmann-Dahne. Lauterbach:
Fotoclub Lauterbach 1987 (Heimat- kundliche Reihe des Fotoclubs
Lauterbach 15), ISBN 3-89313-000-4, 96 pp. Source: DIE DEUTSCHE
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIE [variation of next entry?] Sources: DIE
DEUTSCHE NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIE/VLB Bibliographie
zur
Geschichte der Juden in Hessen by Ulrich Eisenbach, Hartmut
Heinemann, & Susanne Walther. Wiesbaden: Kommission fuer die
Geschichte der Juden in Hessen 1992 (Schriften der Kommission fur
die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen 12), ISBN 3-921434-14-9, 341
pp. Section "6.4 Friedhoefe": pp. 102-112. (Z6373.G3 E37 1992
Hebr.)
Die judischen Gemeinden in Hessen:
Anfang, Untergang,
Neugeginn Darmstadt: by Paul Arnsberg/ Societats-Verlag, 1972, 2
vols. Briefly, Arnsberg has histories and descriptions of every
Jewish community in pre-war Hesse, and importantly the location
of the cemetery used by the community. For example, very small
villages often used cemeteries in nearby towns. He also notes
when the cemetery came into use, and the names of fallen Jewish
soldiers from WWI, the Franco-Prussian War and even in some
instances the Napoleonic War! Source: Steven Bachenheimer, bachlab@med.unc.edu, at ID#
DS 135 G4 H48 A75 [Leo Baeck Institute]
LIMBURG: {10166}
See the separate file for 273 cemeteries between Rhein and Maas,
current province of Limburg. 9,300 names are available.
- ü Land zwischen Rhein und Maas= Land tussen Jijn en
Maas genealogische Daten von juedischen Friedhoefen in der
ehemaligen Rheinprovinz und der neiderlaendischen Provinz Limburg
Kleve: Moasaik Familienkundliche Vereinigung fuker das Klever
land e V. 1993 326 s
NIEDERRHEIN: [lower Rhine, left bank]
Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Juden am linken Niederrhein
seit dem 17. Jahrhundert; by Klaus H S. Schulte. (Documents
relating to History of the Jews on the Left Bank of the Lower
Rhine since the 17th century). Duesseldorf: Verlag L. Schwann,
1972. 377pp. A precis of documents relevant to Jews of the
period, plus an appendix with alphabetic lists of persons buried
in almost 70 towns, villages and hamlets. Some list only 4 names,
very few have over 100. [NN] Source: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed
Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University
Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The
Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
- Von juedischen Friedhoefen im Rheinland in Zeitschrift des
Rheinischen Vereins fuer Denkmalspflege und Heimatschuts 24
(1931) s. 7-10.
- Juedische Friedhoefe am Niederrhein in Neues rheinland
(Pulheim) 32 (1989), nr. 11, s. 4-7.
NIEDERSACHSEN:
- Juedische Friedhoefe im Emsland, 2d ed.
Meppen:Schulverwaltungs- und Kulturamt 1991, 48 pp. Brief
descriptions of the cemeteries in Papenburg-Aschendorf, Sogel,
Haren, Lathen, Meppen, Haseluenne, Herzlake, Lingen, Freren.
- Die juedischen Friedhoefe im Oldenburger Land;
Bestandsaufnahme der erhaltenen Grabsteine by Johannes-Fritz
Tollner et al. Oldenburg: Holzberg 1983 (Oldenburger Studien 25),
ISBN 3-87358-181-7, 701 pp. [covers Jever, Wilhelmshaven -
Schortens- Heidmuhle, Varel, Ovelgonne, Westerstede, Berne,
Oldenburg, Delmenhorst, Harpstedt, Wildeshausen, Cloppenburg and
Vechta; 1317 photographs taken in 1979/80, showing all extant
tombstones with transcription or (if in Hebrew) translation of
inscriptions (on both sides of the stone), name index, no
diagrams of cemeteries. (DS135.G4 O448 1983) Source: VLB. Source:
Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the
Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated
bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society,
1997.
OLDENBURG: see Niedersachsen, above
PALATINATE:
- Grabmalkunst auf christlichen und juedischen Friedhoefen
der Suedpfalz, by Hermann Arnold. Landau: Pfaelzer Kunst
1993, ISBN 3-922580-38-6, 76 pp. [Tombstone Art in Christian and
Jewish Cemeteries in So. Palatinate]; at LBI : ID# q NB 1870 A7
- Pfaelzische Juden und ihre Kultuseinrichtungen by:
Bender, Rainer Joha; /Rainer Joha Bender (Hg.) Mannheim, Institut
fuer Landeskunde und Regionalforschung der Universitaet Mannheim,
1988. 163 p. illus., facsims., fold. map, fold. table. 22 cm.
(Suedwestdeutsche Schriften, Heft 5) Includes bibliographical
references. ID# DS 135 G4 p35 and p38 [Leo
Baeck Institute]
- Dokumente des Gedenkens/ Mit Beitraegen von Wilhelm
Denig und Henry R. Huttenbach (1930-; hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit
Editha Bucher von Franz-Josef Heyen. Koblenz:
Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, 1974. 294p. facsims.
24cm. (Palatinate. G4 Landesarchivverwaltung. Dokumentation ...
Bd. 7) Contents.- deportations and Verzeichnisse der juedischen
Friedhoefe in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland 1972. 6.
Cemeteries--Palatinate. ID # DS G4 p35 p3 [Leo
Baeck Institute]
- Inventarisierung juedischer Friedhoefe in der Pfalz
(inventory of the Jewish cemeteries in Pfalz region), by B.
Kukatzi and M. Jacoby. Schifferstadt, 1992. 32 pages,
illustrated. S2§93B1785. Notes: 7 tombstones (1 for each
community). Hebrew inscription and German translation. Source:
Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the
Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated
bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
Each of the towns that are mentioned are noted in the town
list.
RHINELAND:
- Wegweiser durch das juedische Rheinland, ed by Ludger
Heid, Julius H. Schoeps & Marina Sassenberg. Berlin: Nicolai
1992, ISBN 3-87584-385-1, 420 pp. Sources: DIE DEUTSCHE NATIONAL
BIBLIOGRAPHIE/VLB (DS135.G4 R4883 1992) [Guide to Jewish
Rhineland]
- Juedische Friedhoefe im Rheinland, ed by Gaby Zuern,
Manfred Kremers. Dusseldorf: Landesbildstelle Rheinland 1991,
ISBN 3-926840-21-8, 39 pp. [booklet accompanying series of 24
slides, order no. 10-48931; Sources: DIE DEUTSCHE NATIONAL
BIBLIOGRAPHIE/VLB] at Leo Baeck Institute:
ID# GT 3250 R52 J8.
- Grenzsteine des Lebens; auf juedischen Friedhoefen am
Niederrhein, by Michael Brocke & Hartmut Mirbach.
Duisburg: Mercator 1988, ISBN 3-87463-145-1, 92 pp. Sources: DIE
DEUTSCHE NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIE/VLB.
RHINELAND - PALATINATE:
- Dokumente des Gedenkens. Mit Beitraegen von Wilhelm
Denig und Henry R. Huttenbach, herausgegebem in Zusammenarbeit
mit Editha Bucher von Franz-Josef Heyen; Selbstverlag der
Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland - Pfalz, (Band 7) 1974. XII. 294
pp. ISBN 3-931014-13-4.
RHON UND LIPPE:
- us des ewigen Lebens; juedische Friedhoefe der Rhon und im
Lipper Land, Gerhild Birmann-Daahne and Heinz-Juergen Hoppe.
Fulda: Zeitdruck 1986, ISBN 3-924789-09-6, 64 pp. catalog of an
exhibition in Bad Kissingen SAARLAND
See separate listing below, in Part 4, for about 40 Saarland
cemeteries.
WESTFALIA & LIPPE:
- Juedische Friedhoefe in Westfalen und Lippe by Hartmut
Stratmann & Guenter Birkmann. Duesseldorf: Der Kleine Verlag
1987, ISBN 3-824166-15-3, 197 pp. List of all Jewish cemeteries
in the area: location, size, years used and brief description,
arranged by cities and rural districts Bibliographic references.
- Juedisches Leben in Alme, Altenbueren, Brilon, Madfeld,
Messinghausen, Roesenbeck [und] Thuelen, von den Anfaengen bis
zur Gegenwart. Mit bild-/textdokumenten u. A. Zu den juedischen
friedhoefen/ [von] Ursula Hesse/ Aschoff, Diethard Brilon,
Stadt Brilon, 1991] 380 p. illus., facsims., plans, ports.,
tables. 23x25 cm. "Aspekte juedischer Geschichte in Westfalen,
von Diethard Aschoff": p. 9-12.. Bibliographical footnotes. 10.
Cemeteries--Westphalia. ID # DS 135 G4 W4 H48 [LBI ]
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