Jewish cemetery, Bamberg, Jewish cemetery in Bamberg, Germany.

The Jewish cemetery in Bamberg, opened in 1851, covers 7,640 m² on Siechenstraße 102 beside the city's main cemetery. It holds about 1,100 gravestones. Its Taharahaus, built from 1885 as a modern mourning hall in a late Neoclassical style, was completed in 1890 and bears a plaque with a Hebrew text from the Amidah at its main entrance.

The cemetery opened on 19 October 1851 with the burial of Is. Kolb, after community chairman D. Jakob Dessauer pushed for a Jewish burial ground inside the city; previously the dead were taken to Zeckendorf and later Walsdorf, over 10 km away. The Taharahaus, built from 1885 as a mourning hall in late-classicist style, was finished in 1890. Under the Nazis the cemetery was expropriated and the hall rented to Bosch as a warehouse, which spared it from demolition.

The prayer hall, built from 1885 in a late-classical style and finished in 1890, carries a plaque at its main entrance with a Hebrew text from the Eighteen Benedictions. Inside, a war memorial honours the 39 members of the Bamberg congregation killed in the First World War, and the pulpit of the fourth Bamberg synagogue, which stood until 1910, was placed before the memorial tablet.

The cemetery has set visiting hours, and visitors should contact local authorities in advance to arrange access. It is important to follow the rules of the place and treat the sacred space with respect.

The Taharahaus, built from 1885 as a modern mourning hall in a late-classicist style and finished in 1890, was rented to the Bosch company during the Nazi period and used as a warehouse, which spared it from demolition. A tablet with a Hebrew text from the Eighteen Benedictions still stands at its main entrance.