Gravestones at the jewish cemetery Roth-Lahn

Former Landsynagoge in Roth - memorial and place of encounter

The Arbeitskreis Landsynagoge Roth, a project circle dedicated to preserving the synagogue in the village of Roth near Marburg in Hesse, Germany, welcomes you to our website. We would like to introduce you to our goals and inform you about our projects and activities.

Aerial view of the synagogue between half-timbered houses.

Drohnenaufnahme, © Julian Kriesche

Description of the individual gravestones

You can call up the descriptions via the tabs! Attention: the site plan does not look from the gate.

Site plan from B. Wagner in: Wagner, Barbara u.a.: Die jüdischen Friedhöfe und Familien in Fronhausen, Lohra, Roth, Marburg 2009
The links lead to the website: LAGIS.

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The description of the cemetery can be found on the website of the Landesgeschichtliche Informationssystem Hessen.

Roth's cemetery is located far outside the village on the ‘Geiersberg’ high above the Lahntal valley.

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