WACHENHEIM

WACHENHEIM: 67157 Rhineland-Palatinate Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 5776. Size: 8,350 sq. meters; opened 1579. Source: Ernest B. Nathan, with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz. See Palatinate, in General section; Inventarisierung juedischer. 7 tombstones (1 for each community). (Landkreis Bad Duerkheim) Oldest stone from 1725. The mortuary from 1895 has an inscription in Hebrew. Source: "Wo die totn Menschen schweigen da sprechen um so lauter die lebendigen Steine" by Bernhard Kukatzki in the book Juden in der Provinz.

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