Old Jewish Cemetery, Hanover

The Old Jewish Cemetery on the Oberstrasse (German: Alter Jüdischer Friedhof an der Oberstraße) is a Jewish cemetery in Hanover. Located on a hill in the city's Nordstadt district, it is the oldest extant Jewish cemetery in Northern Germany.[1] The cemetery contains about 700 graves and was in use from circa 1550 until 1864.[2]

Cemetery as seen from the entrance.

References
  1. "Alter jüdischer Friedhof | Zukunft heisst erinnern". zukunft-heisst-erinnern.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  2. Anthes, Ralph. "Alter jüdischer Friedhof". www.stadthistorie.info (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-22.

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