Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)

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The Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) is one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe, renowned for its medieval gravestones and historical significance to Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery
historic site
tourist attraction
associatedWith SchUM communities NERFINISHED
medieval Jewish community of Worms
commemorates Jewish community of Worms destroyed in the Holocaust
coordinateSystem WGS84
country Germany NERFINISHED
earliestGravestonesDateFrom 11th century
hasAccess guided visits
hasConservationEffortsBy Jewish heritage organizations
local heritage authorities
hasFeature densely arranged gravestones
stone slabs with carved inscriptions
traditional Ashkenazi symbols on gravestones
hasGravestonesFrom Middle Ages
early modern period
hasLanguageOfInscriptions German (on later stones)
Hebrew
hasLocalName Heiliger Sand NERFINISHED
Heiliger Sand zu Worms NERFINISHED
hasNearbySite Rashi House (Worms) NERFINISHED
Worms Synagogue NERFINISHED
hasOwner Jewish community or its successor organization in Worms
hasProtectionStatus listed cultural heritage site
protected monument
heritageOf Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED
inception 11th century
locatedIn Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate NERFINISHED
Worms NERFINISHED
former Jewish quarter of Worms NERFINISHED
notableFor Ashkenazi Jewish funerary art
Hebrew inscriptions
medieval gravestones
openToPublic yes
partOf SchUM sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
significance important site of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage
major monument of Jewish life in medieval Germany
one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe
tourismType cultural tourism
religious heritage tourism
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2021
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of SchUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz
usedFor Jewish burials
usedUntil 20th century

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Worms, Germany hasSite Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)