51°20′32″N 9°51′28″E, This small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in NE Hesse was granted town rights in 1225, and until 1974 was a district seat. Europe's biggest self-contained cherry-growing area. Wikipedia. Jewish population:  201 (1871), 134 (1933). Jewish history since 1600s. [August 2012]

• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1452: "Witzenhausen".
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Germany, Vol. 3 (1992), p. 475: "Witzenhausen"
• JewishGen GerSIG

Cemetery: 37213 Hesse (Gerz)

Fährgasse

photo [August 2012]