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Jewish Cemetery Hechingen

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Jewish Cemetery Hechingen

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  • Location: Hechingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    June 4, 2026

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    The Jewish cemetery of Hechingen is located on the outskirts of the lower town, "Am Fichtenwald". Around 1650, the Jewish community received permission to establish their burial ground on the then Galgenberg.
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    hechingen.de/de/Stadtleben/Friedhoefe/Juedischer-Friedhof
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    The Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in the municipality of the town of Hechingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg. It is a protected cultural monument. The Jewish cemetery is located on the so-called Galgenrain between Hechingen and Sickingen, north of the L 410 not far away. A total of 651 gravestones are present. The oldest securely dated gravestone dates from the year 1747. The cemetery was presumably used from the middle of the 17th century until the year 1941 and then again in the years 1958, 1995, and since 2002.
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    Location: Hechingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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