Jüdischer Friedhof Dülken, Jewish cemetery in Dülken, Germany
The Jüdischer Friedhof Dülken is a Jewish cemetery on Kampweg in the Dülken district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It holds 25 gravestones, some of them heavily damaged; fragments and bases lie stacked on top of one another.
The cemetery on Kampweg was in use from 1874 to 1916, the period during which the Jewish community of Dülken buried its dead there. No burials took place after 1916; the site preserves 25 gravestones from that 42-year span.
The cemetery on Kampweg holds 25 gravestones, some heavily destroyed, with fragments and bases stacked on top of one another. The stones mark the burial ground used by Dülken's Jewish community between 1874 and 1916, and the site is listed as an architectural heritage monument of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The cemetery lies on Kampweg in Dülken, within the Viersen district. Many of the 25 gravestones are badly damaged, with fragments and bases stacked on top of one another, so paths and stones should be approached with care. The site is a protected monument and a place of remembrance.
Only 25 gravestones remain on the Kampweg plot, and many are badly damaged; fragments and bases lie stacked on top of one another rather than standing in rows. The cemetery is listed both as an architectural heritage monument and in Viersen's register of archaeological sites.
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