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  3. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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  5. 90000 Belfort

  6. Belfort Israelite Cemetery

 Belfort Israelite Cemetery en Territoire de Belfort

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine Juif
Cimetière juif
Territoire

Belfort Israelite Cemetery

    Faubourg de Lyon
    90000 Belfort
Cimetière israélite de Belfort
Cimetière israélite de Belfort
Cimetière israélite de Belfort
Crédit photo : Gratus - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1793-1822
Acquisition of land
1811
Opening of the cemetery
1870 (après)
Postwar enlargement
1914
Construction of the oratory
19 septembre 2007
Partial registration MH
2009
Supplementary registration
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Division 1, following the plan attached to the decree, and the bust of Léon Schwob (Box BR 22): inscription by order of 19 September 2007

Key figures

Jacques Dreyfus - Industrial (cotton yarn) Elder brother of Alfred Dreyfus.
Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt - Politician Senator and Deputy Speaker of the Senate.
Pierre Dreyfus-Schmidt - Mayor of Belfort Several terms between 1935 and 1964.
Léopold Lehmann - Rabbi de Belfort 54 years of community service.
Édouard Samson Lévy-Grunwald - Mayor of Belfort Mandate from 1925 to 1932.
Léon Schwob - Mayor of Belfort Bust protected from historical monuments.
Théophile Moritz - Architect Designer of the oratory (1914).
Eugène Traut - Sculptor Author of the monument to the dead.

Origin and history

The Israelite cemetery in Belfort was opened in 1811 in a post-revolutionary and Napoleonic context where the local Jewish community was structured. Land was acquired between 1793 and 1822 to establish this cemetery, which was enlarged after the 1870 war to reach its present area before the First World War. This site, with a quadrangular plan oriented west-east, is distinguished by its uniform steles facing east, a symbolic iconography engraved on the tombs, and the presence of burials of local notables, including mayors and industrialists.

In 1914, an oratory was built there according to the plans of architect Theophile Moritz, followed after 1918 by the erection of a monument to the dead designed by Eugene Traut. The oldest part, located in the southeast, retains a homogeneous set of steles. In 2009, a section of the cemetery, including the bust of Léon Schwob, was listed as historical monuments. This place reflects the history of the Belgian Jewish community, marked by its integration into local political and economic life.

Among those buried are political figures such as Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt, Senator and Vice-President of the Senate, or Pierre Dreyfus-Schmidt, Mayor of Belfort on several occasions. Other tombs are home to industrialists, such as Jacques Dreyfus, linked to the cotton industry, or religious such as Rabbi Leopold Lehmann, who served the community for 54 years. These graves illustrate the lasting influence of this community in the Belfort Territory.

External links

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