MÜHLHAUSEN Oberpf. (Muehlhausen) incorp. SULZBÜRG (Sulzbuerg).

• 92360 Bavaria, Upper Palatine (Gerz, Peters).

DISTRICT: Neumarkt in Upper Palatine.

LOCATION OF CEMETERY:

• From Landl-Museum on Engelgasse past church about 800 yds.to small road branch on left to clearly visible cemetery entrance.gate marked: Israelitischer Friedhof.

IN USE:

• First recorded burial 1632 and first documented gravestone in 1647 but now no longer visible. Oldest visible gravestone 1656. Last burial in 1938.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: Only 377 gravestones remaining.

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 - click on Mühlhausen for Sulzbürg.

PUBLICATIONS:

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

• Michael Trüger: Der jüdische Friedhof in Sulzbürg, publ. Der Landesverband der Israelitischen. Kultusgemeinden in Bayern. Click Friedhöfe then Sulzbürg.

NOTES:

• The existence of a Jewish community in Sulzbürg dates back to the 14^th/15^th century. The cemetery, maintained in excellent condition and situated on a steep wooded hill, is enclosed by a wall with a decorative entrance gate, set within an arch.

• During the Nazi pogrom of 9^th November 1938, the cemetery was desecrated, gravestones uprooted, generally left neglected and subsequently closed altogether.

• In 1945 the Sulzbürg inhabitants were ordered to restore the toppled gravestones and generally clean up the cemetery. Between 2003 and 2008 a cemetery conservation project was undertaken in collaboration between the Bavarian Ministry for the Preservation of Historic Monuments and the Jewish community of Munich. This was extended in 2009 by a comprehensive preservation programme.

SOURCE: Alemannia Judaica and Schwierz, page 298 (Schwierz LBI).

(Researched and translated from German January 2010-01-23

Photos courtesy of Edgar Pielmeier