Timeline

1432 and 1526

First documentary mention of a field location “am Jüden Kirchof”

1563

In Wilhelm Moritz von Hessberg's letter of protection, the Jewish burial ground is called “am steig”

1602

First mention of the purchase deed for the acquisition of the cemetery plot

1650

The Hochstift Würzburg buys the rights to the Rödelsee Jewish cemetery from Friedrich Sigmund von Hessberg, including the gravedigger's house in the village

1701

Foundation of the burial brotherhood (Chewra Kadischa) for the realization of ritual
burials according to the requirements of the Torah with members from the entire
cemetery district

1713, 1890, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1938

Recorded destruction and desecration

1890 and 1910

Issuance of cemetery regulations

1905

Foundation of the “Verein israelitischer Friedhofsbezirk Rödelsee e.V.” association under private law

1921

Conversion and extension of the Tahara House

1938

Destruction of the Tahara House on November 10 through arson

1942

Last burials.

Hermann Löwenstein, the last cemetery caretaker, and his family are deported to Auschwitz

After 1945

The owner will be the Landesverband israelitischer Kultusgemeinden in Bayern

1950ies

Restoration of the desecrated cemetery; demolition of the ruins of the Tahara House

1960ies

Erection of a memorial stone for the Jews murdered in the Shoah

1980ies

Beginning of ongoing research and publications by experts and laymen
on the cemetery and the biographies of the deceased

2019

The Förderverein ehemalige Synagoge Kitzingen initiates the “Rödelsee Jewish Cemetery Network” for 15 rural communities in the former cemetery district

2023

The municipality of Rödelsee is transforming the forecourt into a place of information and
contemplation.