International Jewish Cemetery Project
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(German: WEISSENBURG) http://www.ot-wissembourg.fr/index has general town information. Wissembourg is one of the doors of the Regional Nature park of Vosges of the North. 1689 Census of Jews: Weissenburg 8. The synagogue dating from 1805 was replaced with the one built in 1872 and destroyed in the course of WWII. A new synagogue was constructed after the war. Wissembourg is seat of rabbinate since the end of the 18th century. [January 2008]

Purportedly, a cemetery exists. [January 2008]