49°29′11″N 10°43′5″E. 17 miles W of Nürnberg, in Landkreis Fürth, Middle Franconia, Bavaria. Wilhermsdorf is a municipality in the district of Fürth in Bavaria. 2006 population: 5,073. Jewish population: 180 (1867), 35 (1933) - Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1446: "Wilhermsdorf".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Germany, Vol. 1 (1972), p. 301: "Wilhermsdorf"
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Jewish printing in Wilhermsdorf: a concise bibliography of Hebrew and Yiddish publications, printed in Wilhermsdorf between 1670 and 1739, showing aspects of Jewish life in Mittelfranken three centuries ago based on public & private collections and Genizah discoveries
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CEMETERY: Bavaria, near Fuerth
Orderly cemetery is on a hill SW of W toward Siedelbach. Many old and new tombstones. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].
Photos. [August 2012]