DISTRICT: Diepholz.

LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Barenburg - directly at junction of Zum Bahnhof and Mauseburg roads.

IN USE: Possibly as early as from 1740 until around 1925.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES:

• 54 of which 21 have hebrew inscriptions only. Oldest datable gravestone 1809.

DOCUMENTATION:

• Complete cemetery documentation in preparation by Günter Schmidt-Bollmann
• PUBLICATIONS:
• Full cemetery and community history by Arbeitskreises "Jüdische Heimatforschung im Landkreis Diepholz"
• History by Pape 1970.
• NOTES:
• This cemetery was surrounded by a wall and a ditch. It was also used by the Jewish community of Sulingen up to 1846.
• The cemetery was renovated in 1993, following transfer of ownership to the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony in 1960.

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Historisches Handbuch, pages 159-164 (DNB).

(Researched and translated from German May 2009)