Surbtal
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Surbtal is a river valley region in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
Surbtal (Surb valley) at Lengnau as seen from the Lägern chain
Tegerfelden towards Leibstadt
Ehrendingen and Lengnau towards Leibstadt
replic of the gravestone of Ulrich I von Regensberg at the Regensberg Castle
Jüdischer Friedhof Endingen
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Jüdischer Friedhof Endingen is the oldest and largest Jewish cemetery in Switzerland, situated in the Surb Valley in the Canton of Aargau. The cemetery is listed in Swiss inventory of cultural propert
Surbtal
…Lengnau in 1750 (rebuilt 1847). Beginning in 1603, the deceased Jews of the Surbtal communities were buried on a small Rhein river island, the so-called Judenäule ("Jew's island") which was leased by the Jewish community. As the island was repeatedly flooded and devastated, in 1750 the Surbtal Jews asked the…
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Judenäule around 1750
1754 drawing of the cemetery by Johann Caspar Ulrich
Grave stones in the cemetery