Grötzingen Jewish Cemetery (german: jüdischer Friedhof Grötzingen or ) is the smallest Jewish burial place in the city of

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, Germany. It is listed as a

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History

Until 1900, the dead of the Jewish community of

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were buried at Obergrombach Jewish Cemetery northeast of Karlsruhe. 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