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59387 North Rhine-Westphalia (Gerz) / Auf dem Suedfeld.

Community Ascheberg Coesfeld

Cemetery: Located at the Suedfeld, Dörnweg, Waterforwinkel. Used about 1800 - 1927. 16 gravestones are visible. According Farwick, in the 18th Century, a burial ground "on the Bült" in the west of the village existed, but no traces remains. Between 1936 and 1937, the South Fieldcemetery was vandalized, 18 gravestones were destroyed completely. During Kristallnacht pogrom, the site was desecrated again. In 1946, the cemetery has been restored. [Sep 2012]
- Approximately 1975 - 2000 by Heritage Office (Photos)
- 2002 by Mike Redel (copy, German inscriptions)
- History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987 , pp. 37
- History in Farwick 1988 , np
- Inscriptions (Hebrew and before 1900), and translations in Coesfeld 1990 , pp. 306-309.
- History in Handbook 2008 , pp. 173