ALZENAU i.Ufr. incorp.HÖRSTEIN (HOERSTEIN): 63755 Bavaria, Lower Franconia (Gerz, Peters).

DISTRICT: Aschaffenburg.

LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Turn left before the end of Am Jüdischen Friedhof street (A) (Detail)

IN USE: From 1812, extended in 1848, until 1938.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 266.

DOCUMENTATION:

• Numerous individual gravestone photographs and general cemetery views in Alemannia Judaica.

• Jüdische Friedhöfe in Bayern publ. Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte - see Hörstein.

• Stadt Alzenau: Jüdischer Friedhof

PUBLICATIONS:

• Israel Schwierz: Steinerne Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Bayern - refer to Sources below.

• Michael Trüger: Der jüdische Friedhof in Hörstein, publ. Der Landesverband der Israelitischen. Kultusgemeinden in Bayern. 13. Jahrgang Nr. 78 December 1998 page 17 - see Friedhöfe/Hörstein.

NOTES:

• The creation of this cemetery in 1812 was a joint undertaking between the Jewish communities of Hörstein and those of Alzenau together with Wasserlos.

• The cemetery is enclosed by a solid stone wall, which has a double metal entrance gate.

• Desecration took place in January 1936 when 100 gravestones were uprooted. A second desecration occurred in January 1937.

• The cemetery is maintained in excellent order by the city of Alzenau. The ground is owned by the Landesverbandes Israelitischer Kultusgemeinden in Bayern.

SOURCE: Alemannia Judaica and Schwierz, page 73 (Schwierz LBI).

(Researched and translated from German December 2009)