Do You Know the House of Eternity?

A Tour Through the Old Jewish Cemetery in Battonnstrasse

View of the Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstrasse
View of the Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstrasse, Frankfurt; Photo: Norbert Miguletz © Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt

Event location: Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstraße, Battonnstraße, 60311 Frankfurt am Main

There are still more than 2,000 tombstones standing in the Jewish cemetery in Battonnstrasse – one of the most important Jewish cemeteries in Europe and one of the oldest monuments in Frankfurt’s cultural history. The reasons why it is still visited today by Jews from all over the world is one of the tour's topics, as are burial customs and the enigmatic images on the tombstones. The tour is available in German, English, French and Modern Hebrew

Costs:

Group tour (90 min.): 90 euros;
Group tour (60 min.): 75 euros.

Please register at least two weeks before the planned date.

Contact: Besuch.JMF@stadt-frankfurt.de

Venue: Meeting point is at the Museum Judengasse, Battonnstrasse 47, 60311 Frankfurt

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