Grötzingen Jewish Cemetery ( or ) is the smallest Jewish burial place in the city of

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, Germany. It is listed as a

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History

Until 1900, the dead of the Jewish community of

Grötzingen Grötzingen is a district in Karlsruhe, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen Sta ...

were buried at Obergrombach Jewish Cemetery northeast of Karlsruhe.Jüdischer Friedhof Obergrombach
Also known as Obergrombach Jewish Cemetery. Find-a-Grave. Accessed 21 Dec 2023. The Jewish cemetery of Grötzingen was built in 1905–6 on ''Junghälden'' field on Werrabronner Straße. It is now surrounded by modern buildings. The cemetery stretches on a 0.18 acres area and has 13 graves, the oldest datable one being from 1905. The ground of the cemetery is fully covered with

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Bibliography

* * : (''Gedenkbuch der Synagogen in Deutschland'', vol. 4), {{pp., 232—235. Jewish cemeteries in Baden-Württemberg Buildings and structures in Karlsruhe 1905 establishments in Germany Heritage sites in Baden-Württemberg Grötzingen