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Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Grabfeld

Jewish Cemetery Berkach

Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Grabfeld

Jewish Cemetery Berkach

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Jewish Cemetery Berkach

Name: Jewish Cemetery Berkach
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Location: Grabfeld, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Schwickershausen Reservoir – Schwickershausen Reservoir loop from Rentwertshausen

25.2km

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2. Schwickershausen Reservoir – Schwickershausen Reservoir loop from Ritschenhausen

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270m

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3. Jewish Cemetery Berkach – Sculpture Park on the Reutberg – Stelenblick loop from Hendungen

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01:10

120m

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RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

September 21, 2025

Jewish cemeteries were located far outside of towns and villages because Jewish communities had long struggled to acquire land and were often only provided with unsuitable or unused land. This remote location was also necessary to protect the peace of the dead, which was ensured by a wall and the ability to lock the cemetery to prevent disturbances.
This was also the case here.

Source: juedische-friedhoefe.info/friedhoefe-nach-regionen/schleswig-holstein/ahrensburg/informationen.html#:~:text=Lage,nicht%20ver%C3%A4ndert%20oder%20aufgehoben%20werden

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RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

September 21, 2025

Further reasons were:
Since Jewish cemeteries cannot be dissolved, they require a lot of space in the long term, which often could not be found within the city limits. This led to the construction of larger cemeteries outside of the towns.
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An early Jewish regulation stated that graves and burial grounds should be kept away from the city to maintain purity.

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juedische-friedhoefe.info/friedhoefe-nach-regionen/schleswig-holstein/ahrensburg/informationen.html#:~:text=Lage,nicht%20ver%C3%A4ndert%20oder%20aufgehoben%20werden.

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Elisa

August 13, 2021

Jewish cemetery near Berkach, in the village there is still a synagogue, a mikveh and former Jewish houses to be seen.

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Location: Grabfeld, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

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Jewish Cemetery Berkach

1. Schwickershausen Reservoir – Schwickershausen Reservoir loop from Rentwertshausen

2. Schwickershausen Reservoir – Schwickershausen Reservoir loop from Ritschenhausen

3. Jewish Cemetery Berkach – Sculpture Park on the Reutberg – Stelenblick loop from Hendungen

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