Old Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt

The Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt is located at Rat-Beil-Straße ("Councillor Beil Street") directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile Frankfurt Main Cemetery. Together, Frankfurt Main Cemetery, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery constitute one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The Old Jewish Cemetery is noted for many monumental graves and includes the graves of many notable individuals. The Old Jewish Cemetery is the largest of Frankfurt's twelve Jewish cemeteries.

Main portal of the Old Jewish Cemetery

Grave of Louise and Mayer Carl von Rothschild

Grave of the Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich

Grave of the publisher Leopold Sonnemann

Grave of Gutle Rothschild (1753–1849), wife of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family

It was opened, together with the Main Cemetery, in 1828. By 1928, when the cemetery was closed for new graves because it was full, there were around 40,000 burials on the cemetery. Since 1928, interment has only been possible in already established (family) graves. In its place, the New Jewish Cemetery was opened in 1928.