architecture
Jewish Cemetery “Holy Sand”
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Heiliger Sand [German]
Architecture
The Holy Sand is the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, dating back to the early 11th century.
Specifications
area
16,000 m²
Geography
local language location name
Worms, Deutschland [German]
cultural historical region
historical affiliations
1050-1792
1184-1792
1792-1814
1815-1918
1871-1918
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
II,
III,
VI
designation
reference
1636
