Jüdischer Friedhof
Jüdischer Friedhof is a quiet Jewish burial ground with two orderly fields of gravestones. Around 172 graves preserve names and dates from the local community, set among parallel rows where weathered stones stand beside more legible ones.
The oldest grave dates from 1878, while the latest belongs to Max Ledermann and dates from 1942. A Jewish businessman, he took his own life to escape deportation during the Second World War. Desecrations damaged the cemetery during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, yet its original layout survived. A memorial stone now marks the site of the former cemetery hall.
A gate, sometimes bearing the Star of David, protects this sacred space. Access requires prior permission, keeping the cemetery a place for remembrance and quiet reflection.
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