Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof, Coesfeld

The Jewish Cemetery Coesfeld is a Jewish cemetery in Coesfeld. The cemetery is located out of town on Osterwicker Straße, near Blomenesch, and is a listed building.

The cemetery was used for burials from 1896. The last burial took place in 1995. There are 47 gravestones preserved on the cemetery grounds. On the central access road, the city of Coesfeld has erected a memorial stele to commemorate the persecution and murder of Jewish citizens of Coesfeld under the National Socialist reign of terror in the Third Reich. Another stele was unveiled in a memorial ceremony on the 70th anniversary of the November pogroms on November 9, 2008, in front of the entrance to the cemetery next to the wrought-iron gate. This was designed by Coesfeld architect Paul Schürmann and features a bronze plaque referring to the cemetery and its history. In the same year, the Heimatverein Coesfeld had all gravestones photographed for documentation purposes in an inventory.

In addition to this "new" one, an older cemetery of the Jewish community existed in Coesfeld on the site of today's Gerichtsring. Today only a gravestone on the green strip between the parking lot of the VR-Bank Westmünsterland and the Gerichtsring reminds of this cemetery. It was occupied from 1678 to 1896. 13 gravestones of the old cemetery were rebuilt on the new cemetery.