DISTRICT: Local authority Gronau, rural district Hildesheim.
LOCATION OF CEMETERY:
- Separate section of the Banteln Protestant cemetery, off Gronauer Weg along Bantelner Weg direction Tillyschlucht - on foot only.
IN USE: From 1815 until 1917. Last funeral 14th August 1971 of Charlotte Meyerstein.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 13.
DOCUMENTATION:
- 1987 photographs of some gravestones by Bernhard Gelderblom.
- 1980/1990 photographs of all gravestones with translations of inscriptions by Landesverband/Zentralarchiv-Gelderblom.
NOTE:
- The Jewish section of this cemetery is the final resting place for the Meyerstein family. Other members of the Banteln Jewish community were buried in the cemeteries of Gronau or Hildesheim. SOURCE: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (1000 Jahre Banteln 997-1997, pub. Gemeinde Banteln).
- This cemetery own now owned by the Landesverband der jüdischen Gemeinden Niedersachsens.
SOURCE: University of Heidelberg
(Researched and translated from German March 2009)