© Tourist Information Zeltingen-Rachtig

New Jewish cemetery

  • Zeltingen-Rachtig

The new Jewish cemetery for the (then independent) villages of Zeltingen and Rachtig was laid out in 1876 above Zeltingen in the forest (in the upper cow cord). In 1879 the civil community built the cemetery wall. In 1927 the cemetery had to be extended. In 1927 the cemetery had to be extended. From 1879 until the expulsion, more than 60 Jewish citizens of Zeltingen-Rachtig found their last resting place in this cemetery.

The new Jewish cemetery was built in 1876 about 160 meters above Zeltingen in a forest for the villages of Zeltingen and Rachtig. In 1879 a cemetery wall was built. On this part of the cemetery there are more than 60 gravestones (Mazewot). Between 1927 and 1929 the cemetery was extended. This part is fenced in and still has five gravestones. The last burials took place in the late 1930s.

On the map

Im Wald auf dem Zeltinger Berg

54492 Zeltingen-Rachtig

DE


General information

Openings
Tuesday, 23.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Wednesday, 24.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Thursday, 25.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Friday, 26.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Saturday, 27.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Sunday, 28.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Monday, 29.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Tuesday, 30.04.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Wednesday, 01.05.2024 00:00 - 00:00
Thursday, 02.05.2024 00:00 - 00:00
The cemetery is accessible at all times

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