Cemetery Echzell
The “new” cemetery of the Jewish Community of Echzell is located on the edge of the forest a few hundred yards north of the forester’s house, which now houses the Lucius Boarding School.
It was created in the 1880s, approximately 20 years after the synagogue on Bisseser Straße was built: The newest dated grave in Bisses dates from August 1884, and the oldest grave in the new cemetery is dated October 1887 (see below).
It is possible that both cemeteries were used for a few years.
On January 1, 1885, a contract was signed, giving residents of Bisses permission to bury their dead here.
The Echzell cemetery contains 22 rows with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven graves.
The rows lie north to south, so that the graves are oriented east to west. Those headstones which are only engraved on one side point out that the stones stand on the west side of the graves in accordance with the custom of having graves facing east.
The engraving varies greatly: Many headstones are engraved on both sides and in two languages, but there is no set pattern as to which side is in German and which is in Hebrew.
Many headstones are missing, and it is often unclear whether these graves are occupied. There are signs of earlier demolition, but there is no rubble.
The oldest engraved headstone is that of Caroline Rothschild, born May 1, 1828, died October 10, 1887; the newest is that of Hannchen Simon, née Wertheimer, born August 13, 1876, died December 12, 1938.