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KÖNIGSHOVEN: (now Bedburg 50181 North Rhine-Westphalia) used cemetery at Bedburg

(KOENIGSHOVEN)

NEW cemetery: 50181 Bedburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia, District of Erft
ADRESS: Koelner Strasse, Am Sandberg, formerly "Im Kamp an der Landgrube"
COORDINATES: Latitude 51.01437 / Longitude 6.55657.
IN USE: prior to 1832 until 1939, acquired 1837
GRAVESTONES: 66
DOCUMENTATION:
- 1972 by Klaus H. S. Schulte (Register of graves)
- 1991 - 1993 by Dieter Peters (Register of graves)
- 1994 by Dieter Peters (4 photos: gravestones and views of cemetery)
- 1980 - 1985, 1990 - 1998 by Gerd Friedt (complete documentation)
PUBLICATIONS:
- History, Register of graves by Schulte 1972, pages 24, 275-276. History by Pracht 1997, page 165.
- Complete documentation by Friedt 1998a, pages 10 - 79
COMMENTS: the new cemetery at this address was part of the property portfolio of the Jewish community since 1837. According to Pracht, the cemetery was repeatedly vandalised in the 90s.
OLD cemetery: 50181 Bedburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia, District of Erft
ADRESS: Johannisstrasse 2, formerly "In den Gaerten"
COORDINATES: Latitude: 50.997391 / Longitude: 6.57869
IN USE: From 18th to 19th century, acquired 1839.
GRAVESTONES: none
DOUMENTATION: none
PUBLICATION:
- History by Schulte 1972, page 24
- History by Pracht 1997, page 165.
- History by Friedt 1998a, page 8 - 10.
COMMENTS: the Jewish community acquired the old cemetery in 1839, even though it was no longer in use by then. The property had to be sold to a private buyer on a compulsory basis in 1938/39. The site of the old cemetery is now a built-up area.
SOURCE: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/NRW/PROJEKTE/fk-nr.htm

[translated from German October 2007]