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Coat of arms of AhornAhorn means maple. Ahorn is a municipality in the district of Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg at 49°30′3″N 9°32′23″E

74744 now incorporates EUBIGHEIM, Baden-Wuertemberg (Gerz, Peters)

DISTRICT: Main-Tauber District
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: in Vierzehnmorgen (Detail)
IN USE FROM:
  • Site acquired 1850; oldest gravestone 1880; last burial 1938 (Hahn 1988, page 330). Burials prior to 1850 in Bödigheim.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 39
DOCUMENTATION:
  • 1987 photographs and burial register by Zentralarchiv
  • 1990 translation of gravestone inscriptions from photographs by Zentralarchiv (editor: Karol Sidon)
  • 1991 full documentation including the use of photographs by State office for Historical Monuments Landesdenkmalamt ed: Barbara Döpp).
  • Numerous photographs of gravestones and general cemetery views in Alemannia Judaica.
NOTE:
  • Prior to 1850 burials took place in the Bödigheim Jewish Cemetery.
SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica
[translated from German December 2007]