Jewish cemetery

The cemetery contains over 2700 graves with headstones oriented in a north-south direction, featuring separate sections for male and female burials.

In 1750, Jewish communities from Endingen and Lengnau purchased woodland for 340 Florins to establish this cemetery after flooding issues at their previous burial ground.

The gravestones display an evolution of materials from local sandstone to shell limestone and marble, with inscriptions in Hebrew and German text.

The cemetery, located at Buckstrasse in Endingen, stands as the largest Jewish burial ground in Switzerland with coordinates at 47.532909 latitude and 8.309147 longitude.

Before this cemetery's creation, the Jewish community buried their dead on a small Rhine River island called Judenäule, from which 80 graves were later relocated.

Location: Endingen

Inception: 1750

Part of: list of cultural properties in Endingen

Address: Judenfriedhof, 5304 Endingen 5304

GPS coordinates: 47.53291,8.30915

Latest update: March 3, 2025 01:53