incorporating WINKEL, MITTELHEIM, HALLGARTEN: 65375 Hesse
DISTRICT: Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (Rüd)
CEMETERY LOCATION: about 1 km west of Hallgarten, on continuation of Schützenstrasse.
IN USE: from 1625 until 1937 (1974).
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 146.
PUBLICATIONS:
- The number of gravestones in this cemetery numbers 146, according to the list of cemeteries in Hesse, researched by the ‘Kommission für die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen’.
- ‘Auf dem Judenfriedhof’ by Walter Ewig in: Heimatblätter des Vereins für Orts-und Heimatkunde 44.
- Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde in Marburg: Dokumentation der jüdischen Friedhöfe in Hessen – available online.
- History: a Jewish cemetery has existed near Hallgarten since 1673 to serve numerous Jewish communities in the surrounding area, including Johannisberg, Eltville am Rhein and Rüdesheim amongst others.
[Researched and translated from German March 2008]