MÖNCHSDEGGINGEN: 86751 Bavaria (Gerz)
(MOENCHSDEGGINGEN)
Area of Danube-Ries
The community existed 1684 -1879 but cemetery probably was dedicated in 1833. About 130x130 feet with solid wall and six rows of tombstones. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].
Moenchsdeggingen lies between Noerdlingen and Harburg. All the 150 headstones were cleaned in 1987. The documentation of the Moenchsdeggingen grave inscriptions has been nearly completed. A few minor portions of the translation work need extra research [March 2001]. Source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Libanon Strasse 79, 70186 Stuttgart, Germany (Harburg Project) is doing this work. Contact him for more information.
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