LEVERN: Community Stemwede, Minden
32351 North Rhine-Westphalia (Gerz, Peters).
Ot. Stemwede, an der Landstr. 770.
CEMETERY: Located Richtung north about 2 km outside the village of Levern at Landstrasse 770, near the restaurant Jobusch, within the boundaries of the municipality Niedermehnen. Used 1862-1936. Visible gravestones: 36. Between 1800-1850 Leverner Jews buried their dead in Lübbecke (Old Cemetery) and between 1850-1862 in Preußisch Oldendorf. In 1939, they bought the property from a private person and removed 20 older gravestones to the forest area. In 1954, the cemetery has been restored. [Sep 2012]
- Approximately 1975-2000 by Heritage Office (Photos)
- History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987 , page 107
- History in splendor 1998 , pp. 426-427, 454
- History, assignment list, inscriptions, translations in Hillebrand 1996 , pp. 64-65, 102-109