Grötzingen Jewish Cemetery
{{short description|Jewish cemetery in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}
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| name = Grötzingen Jewish Cemetery
| native_name = Jüdischer Friedhof Grötzingen
Judengottesacker Grötzingen
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| established = 1905–1906
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| location = Grötzingen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
| country = Germany
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| type = Jewish cemetery
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Grötzingen Jewish Cemetery ({{langx|de|jüdischer Friedhof Grötzingen}} or {{lang|de|Judengottesacker Grötzingen}}) is the smallest Jewish burial place in the city of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.{{cite web |lang=de |url=http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/groetzingen_friedhof.htm |title=Grötzingen (Stadt Karlsruhe): Jüdischer Friedhof |publisher=Alemannia Judaica |access-date=July 12, 2017}}{{cite web |lang=de |url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/BADENWUE/PROJEKTE/f-bw.htm#Grötzingen |title=Jüdische Friedhöfe in Baden-Württemberg: Grötzingen |publisher=Zentralarchiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland |access-date=July 12, 2017 |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411123546/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/BADENWUE/PROJEKTE/f-bw.htm#Grötzingen |url-status=dead }} It is listed as a national heritage site.{{cite web |lang=de |url=http://web1.karlsruhe.de/db/kulturdenkmale/detail.php?id=02770 |title=Jüdischer Friedhof |website=Datenbank der Kulturdenkmale Karlsruhe |access-date=July 12, 2017}}
History
Until 1900, the dead of the Jewish community of Grötzingen were buried at Obergrombach Jewish Cemetery northeast of Karlsruhe.[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2580400/jüdischer-friedhof-obergrombach Jüdischer Friedhof Obergrombach]. Also known as Obergrombach Jewish Cemetery. Find-a-Grave. Accessed 21 Dec 2023. The Jewish cemetery of Grötzingen was built in 1905–6 on Junghälden field on Werrabronner Straße. It is now surrounded by modern buildings.
The cemetery stretches on a 0.18 acres area and has 13 graves, the oldest datable one being from 1905.
The ground of the cemetery is fully covered with screed.
References
{{commonscat|Jüdischer Friedhof Grötzingen}}
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Bibliography
- {{cite encyclopedia |lang=de |first1=Susanne |last1=Asche |title=Vom Traditionalismus auf dem Land zur Anpassung in der Stadt. Die Geschichte der Juden in Grötzingen und Durlach 1715−1933 |editor-last=Schmitt |editor-first=Heinz |encyclopedia=Juden in Karlsruhe. Beiträge zu ihrer Geschichte bis zur nationalsozialistischen Machtergreifung |publisher=Badenia-Verlag |place=Karlsruhe |year=1988 |pages=189–218}}
- {{cite book |lang=de |last1=Hahn |first1=Joachim |author1-link=Joachim Hahn (pastor) |last2=Krüger |first2=Jürgen |author2-link= Jürgen Krüger (art historian) |title=Synagogen in Baden-Württemberg |volume=2}} : {{cite book |last1=Hahn |first1=Joachim |title=Orte und Einrichtungen |publisher=Konrad Theiss Verlag |place=Stuttgart |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-8062-1843-5}} (Gedenkbuch der Synagogen in Deutschland, vol. 4), {{pp.|232—235}}.
Category:Jewish cemeteries in Baden-Württemberg
Category:Buildings and structures in Karlsruhe
Category:1905 establishments in Germany