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ESSING: 93343 Bavaria
(Landkreis Suedliche Weinstr./Regierungsbezirk Rheinhessen-Pfalz)
There were burials here from Kirrweiler, Maikammer, and Kiedesfeld. The cemetery, beginning in the 1700s, was used by almost 50 surrounding towns and villages The cemetery no longer exists but is known because of a sign "Jewish Cemetery." A book was discovered that contains a list of burials, showing location, but no date of death. The burials were from the following towns: Boechingen, Burrweiler, Boebingen, Bellheim, Billigheim, Blieskastel, Deidesheim, Duerkheim, Duttweiler, Diedesfeld, Edenkoben, Edesheim, Essingen, Fischlingen, Flemlingen, Freimersheim, Freisbach, Germersheim, Godramstein, Geinsheim, Gommersheim, Harthausen, Hayna, Hessheim, Hambach, Herxheim, Hochstadt, Isheim, Ingenheim, Kirchheim/Eck, Kirrweiler, Landau, Lustadt, Lauterburg, Leimersheim, Lingenfeld, Maikammer, Mannheim, Metz, Mussbach, Neustadt, Offenbach, Ottersheim, Philippsburg, Queichheim, Rheinzabern, Ruelzheim und Venningen. The list showed the names of those from Kirrweiler, Maikammer and Diedesfeld. Source: Bernhard Kukatzki, Laurentiusstrasse 28, 67 105, Schifferstadt, Germany