Judenfriedhof, Jewish cemetery in Kleinbardorf, Germany

The Judenfriedhof in Sulzfeld is a large burial ground containing about 4,400 gravestones spread across roughly 2.1 hectares. It ranks among the largest Jewish cemeteries in Franconia and holds stones dating across multiple centuries.

The burial site was established in 1574 after Georg von Bibra granted the Jewish community permission to create a cemetery on Wartberg hill. It remained a focal point for the community for centuries afterward.

The cemetery served as a district burial ground for 27 neighbouring Jewish communities, including Bastheim, Höchheim, Bad Königshofen and the roughly 30-kilometre-distant Gleicherwiesen. Right of the southwest entrance lies a section for women who died during or after childbirth. A memorial honours the Jewish fallen of the First World War, and the roughly 200-kilometre Keltenweg long-distance path runs through the grounds.

The cemetery lies southeast of Kleinbardorf on the Judenhügel, inside a ring wall about 1.5 km long that borders it on the southwest. The surviving wall reaches up to ten metres high on the outside and five on the inside, with a ditch up to two metres deep. Sturdy shoes help on the uneven, sloping ground.

The cemetery lies inside a ring wall about 1.5 km long, up to ten metres high on the outer side and five on the inner, with a ditch up to two metres deep. Small digs and surface finds point to a Carolingian-Ottonian origin in the 9th century; whether it guarded the Würzburg–Erfurt trade route or served against the Hungarian raids is unknown.