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Old Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt

Coordinates: 50°07′56″N 8°41′22″E / 50.132343°N 8.689503°E / 50.132343; 8.689503
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50°07′56″N 8°41′22″E / 50.132343°N 8.689503°E / 50.132343; 8.689503

Main portal of the Old Jewish Cemetery
Grave of Louise and Mayer Carl von Rothschild
Grave of the Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich
Grave of the publisher Leopold Sonnemann
Grave of Gutle Rothschild (1753–1849), wife of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family

The Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt is located at Rat-Beil-Straße ("Councillor Beil Street") directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile Frankfurt Main Cemetery. Together, Frankfurt Main Cemetery, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery constitute one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The Old Jewish Cemetery is noted for many monumental graves and includes the graves of many notable individuals. The Old Jewish Cemetery is the largest of Frankfurt's twelve Jewish cemeteries.

It was opened, together with the Main Cemetery, in 1828. By 1928, when the cemetery was closed for new graves because it was full, there were around 40,000 burials on the cemetery. Since 1928, interment has only been possible in already established (family) graves. In its place, the New Jewish Cemetery was opened in 1928.

Notable graves

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Literature

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  • Victor von Brauchitsch, Helga von Brauchitsch: Zum Gedenken – Grabmale in Frankfurt am Main. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0354-4.
  • Peter Braunholz, Britta Boerdner, Christian Setzepfandt: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Bildband. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-7973-1147-4.
  • Isidor Kracauer: Geschichte der Juden in Frankfurt a. M. (1150–1824). 2 vols., J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt am Main 1925/27.
  • Eugen Mayer: Die Frankfurter Juden. Blicke in die Vergangenheit. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1966.
  • Valentin Senger, Klaus Meier-Ude: Die jüdischen Friedhöfe in Frankfurt am Main. Fachhochschulverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-936065-15-2, pp. 10–20

References

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  1. ^ According to Wegweiser zu den Grabstätten bekannter Persönlichkeiten auf Frankfurter Friedhöfen. Frankfurt am Main. 1985. p. 49.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Angela von Gans, Monika Groening: Die Familie Gans 1350–1963. Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89735-486-9
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