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The Old Jewish Cemetery of

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

is located at Rat-Beil-Straße ("Councillor Beil Street") directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile

Frankfurt Main Cemetery The Frankfurt Main Cemetery (German: ''Hauptfriedhof'') is the largest cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was opened in 1828. The cemetery is located directly adjacent to two Jewish cemeteries—the Old Jewish Cemetery ( ...

. Together, Frankfurt Main Cemetery, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery constitute one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The Old Jewish Cemetery is noted for many monumental graves and includes the graves of many notable individuals. The Old Jewish Cemetery is the largest of Frankfurt's twelve Jewish cemeteries. It was opened, together with the Main Cemetery, in 1828. By 1928, when the cemetery was closed for new graves because it was full, there were around 40,000 burials on the cemetery. Since 1928, interment has only been possible in already established (family) graves. In its place, the New Jewish Cemetery was opened in 1928.

Notable graves

Salomon Breuer Solomon (Shlomo Zalman) Breuer (27 June 1850 – 17 July 1926) was a Hungarian-born German rabbi, initially in Pápa, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary, and from the early 1890s in Frankfurt as a successor of his father-in-law Samson Rapha ...

(1850–1926), rabbi *

Emma Budge Emma Ranette Budge (née Lazarus; 17 February 1852, Hamburg – 14 February 1937) was a wealthy German Jewish socialite, philanthropist and art collector . Biography Born in Hamburg in 1852, Budge was the daughter of the merchant Ludwig Lazarus. ...

(1852–1937), art collector and philanthropist *

Leopold Cassella Leopold Cassella (born 8 December 1766 in Friedberg, Hesse, died 25 March 1847 in Frankfurt) was a German businessman, known for having founded the company Cassella, one of many predecessor companies of today's Sanofi Sanofi S.A. is a French ...

(1766–1847), businessman and founder of

Cassella Cassella AG, formerly Leopold Cassella & Co. and Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur AG, commonly known as Cassella, was a German chemical and pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 1798, in the Frankfurt Jewish Alley ...

Paul Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich (; 14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure fo ...

(1854–1915), Nobel Prize laureate in medicine (block 114 N) * Ludwig Aaron Gans (1794–1871), businessman and owner of

Angela von Gans, Monika Groening: Die Familie Gans 1350–1963. Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg 2006, *

Charles Hallgarten Charles Hallgarten, or Charles/Karl Lazarus Hallgarten (18 November 1838 – 19 April 1908) was a German banker and philanthropist. His father was Lazarus Hallgarten, founder of Hallgarten & Company, and his mother was Eleonore Hallgarten (born ...

(1838–1908), banker and social reformer *

Samson Raphael Hirsch Samson Raphael Hirsch (; June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was a German Orthodox rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the '' Torah im Derech Eretz'' school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Occasionally termed ''neo-Orthodoxy'', hi ...

(1808–1888), rabbi * Markus Horovitz (1844–1910), rabbi *

Joseph Johlson Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

(1777–1851), reform pedagogue and religious scholar * Isaac Löw Königswarter (1818–1877), banker * Isidor Kracauer (1852–1923), historian * Nehemia Anton Nobel (1871–1922), rabbi *

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (7 January 1800 in Hanau, Germany – 26 February 1882 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German painter who is often regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era. His work was influenced by his cultural and religio ...

(1800–1882), painter *

Bertha Pappenheim Bertha Pappenheim (27 February 1859 – 28 May 1936) was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, a social pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women's Association (). Under the pseudonym Anna O., she was also one of Josef Breuer's best-documented pat ...

(1859–1936), women's rights pioneer *

Saul Pinchas Rabbinowicz Saul Pinchas Rabbinowicz (''Saul Pinehas Rabbinowicz'' / ''Rabbinowitsch'' / ''Rabinowitz''; Akronym: ''Schepher'' / ''SchePheR''; * 1845 in Tauroggen; † 1910 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Jewish scholar, writer and Hebrew translator, a ...

(1845–1910), author *

Amschel Mayer von Rothschild Amschel Mayer Freiherr von Rothschild (12 June 1773 – 6 December 1855) was a German Jewish banker of the prominent Rothschild family. He was the second child and eldest son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), the founder of the dynasty, ...

(1773–1855), banker and philanthropist * Gutle Rothschild (1753–1849), wife of

Mayer Amschel Rothschild Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812; also spelled ''Anschel'') was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild family, Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international fin ...

, founder of the

Rothschild Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...

banking family *

Hannah Luise von Rothschild Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname) (inclu ...

(1850–1892), philanthropist *

Louise von Rothschild Mayer Carl ''Freiherr'' von Rothschild (5 August 1820 – 16 October 1886) was a German Jewish banker and politician, as well as scion of the Rothschild family. Early life Born in Frankfurt on 5 August 1820. He was a son of Adelheid (née Herz) ...

(1820–1894), philanthropist *

Mathilde von Rothschild Hannah Mathilde von Rothschild (5 March 1832 – 8 March 1924) was a German-Jewish baroness, composer and patron. Life and career Mathilde von Rothschild was born in Frankfurt, the second oldest daughter of Charlotte and Anselm von Rothschild, ...

(1832–1924), philanthropist *

Mayer Carl von Rothschild Mayer Carl ''Freiherr'' von Rothschild (5 August 1820 – 16 October 1886) was a German Jewish banker and politician, as well as scion of the Rothschild family. Early life Born in Frankfurt on 5 August 1820. He was a son of Adelheid (née Herz) ...

(1820–1886), banker and politician *

Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild Baron Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (Yiddish: שמעון וואלף רוטשילט; May 16, 1828 – 25 January 1901) was a banker and financier of the House of Rothschild. Life and career Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild was the son of Baron Carl ...

(1828–1901), banker and politician * Heinrich Schwarzschild (1803–1878), physician and poet * Max Seckbach (1866–1922), architect * Leopold Sonnemann (1831–1909), publisher and founder of ''

Frankfurter Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Zeitung'' (, ) was a German-language newspaper that appeared from 1856 to 1943. It emerged from a market letter that was published in Frankfurt. In Nazi Germany, it was considered the only mass publication not completely control ...

'' * Georg Speyer (1835–1902), banker * Theodor Stern (1937–1900), banker and politician * Israel von Stolin (1869–1921), rabbi *

Karl Weigert Karl Weigert, Carl Weigert (19 March 1845 in Münsterberg in Silesia – 5 August 1904 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German Jewish pathologist. His nephew was Fritz Weigert and his cousin was Paul Ehrlich. He received his education at the un ...

(1845–1904), pathologist

Literature

*Victor von Brauchitsch, Helga von Brauchitsch: ''Zum Gedenken – Grabmale in Frankfurt am Main''. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, . *Peter Braunholz, Britta Boerdner, Christian Setzepfandt: ''Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Bildband. Societäts-Verlag'', Frankfurt am Main 2009, . *Isidor Kracauer: ''Geschichte der Juden in Frankfurt a. M. (1150–1824)''. 2 vols., J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt am Main 1925/27. *Eugen Mayer: ''Die Frankfurter Juden. Blicke in die Vergangenheit''. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1966. *Valentin Senger, Klaus Meier-Ude: ''Die jüdischen Friedhöfe in Frankfurt am Main''. Fachhochschulverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, , pp. 10–20

References

External links

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