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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish cemetery
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historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SchUM communities
NERFINISHED
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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
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early modern period ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscriptions |
German (on later stones)
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
Heiliger Sand
NERFINISHED
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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
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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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