Jewish Cemetery Rödelsee

The cemetery is closed on Saturdays!
Also for a visit on the other days you need a key from the municipality Rödelsee.

The Jewish cemetery Rödelsee in Rödelsee, a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen, was established in the 15th century. The cemetery is located about one kilometer outside the village at the foot of the Schwanberg.

432 and 1526 First mentions of the cemetery
1563 Wilhelm Moritz von Hessberg approved the cemetery "am Steig". (First
documentary mention)
1602 Friedrich Albert von Hessberg approves the building of a wall and
a mortuary for the ritual washing of the corpse.
1614 Extension of the cemetery
19th century. Another extension
around 1920 installation of a memorial for Jewish fallen soldiers
cemetery district
1929/1932/1936 desecration of cemeteries
November 10, 1938 SS men set the morgue on fire
1939 Tombstones are knocked over and destroyed
1942 Closure of the cemetery
1945 repair work on stones and on the wall
formerly active National Socialists.
1950 demolition of the ruins of the morgue. The washing stone comes with
provided with an inscription and erected as a memorial stone.
1981 Unknown persons destroyed the memorial stone.Source: synagoge-kitzingen.de/cont_friedhof.htm