Rheinberg synagogue

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Gelderstrasse 22, the left part of which housed the synagogue

The Rheinberg Synagogue in Rheinberg am Niederrhein in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia was located in the listed building at Gelderstraße 22 from 1764 to 1897 and at that time formed the center of Jewish life in the city.

History and description

The building at Gelderstrasse 22 originally consisted of two two-story three - window houses . The one on the left was built from 1761 to 1764 as a rebuilding of the house "Im White Cross" with a mansard hipped roof . This has housed the city synagogue since its completion . In 1897 it was closed and the building was used as a prayer room and office building. In autumn 1938, a few weeks before the Reichspogromnacht , a fire broke out in the building. In 1939 its use as a sacred space was discontinued. In the second half of the 19th century, the two parts of the building were designed uniformly.

In August 1986 the house at Gelderstraße 22 was added to the list of monuments of the city of Rheinberg and registered as a monument with the number 93. It is part of the monument area No. 2, which includes the historic city center of Rheinberg.

In 2008, the Greens proposed that so-called stumbling blocks in memory of the Jewish residents, 15 of whom were still living in Rheinberg in 1936 and all of whom died in the Holocaust , should be introduced in the city. This project met with rejection from the other parties, but due to the positive response from Rheinberger, an initiative group was founded that finally implemented the project. On October 31, 2009 a total of ten of the ten by ten large stumbling blocks financed by donations were set into the ground by the artist Gunter Demnig in front of the buildings at Gelderstrasse 22 and 33. These are dedicated to the two best-known Jewish families who were still living in Rheinberg in 1936 and all perished as a result of National Socialism , namely the families of Adolf Silberberg, who ran the Köchling department store at Gelderstrasse 2, and of the cattle dealer Adolf Rothschild, who worked in the Gelderstrasse 33 lived. There is also an information board on the former synagogue about its history.

  • Stolpersteine ​​Fam. Silberberg in
    front of Gelderstrasse 22

  • Stolpersteine ​​family Rothschild in
    front of Gelderstrasse 33

Web links

Commons : Gelderstraße 22  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Monuments of the monument area No. 2 “Stadtkern Rheinberg”. Stadt Rheinberg, p. 21 , accessed on February 12, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b A historical walk through Rheinberg. (PDF; 1.7 MB) City of Rheinberg, accessed on February 11, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Carmen Friemond: When the synagogue burned. The West , November 7, 2008, accessed February 11, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Official List of Monuments of the City of Rheinberg (as of September 2011)
  5. ↑ Jessica Rösner: Signs of Memory. RP Online , November 2, 2009; accessed February 12, 2012 .
  6. ^ A bow to the Rheinberg victims. The Greens . From: NRZ , November 1, 2009, accessed on February 12, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Carmen Friemond: Memory has a name. The West , October 22, 2009, accessed February 12, 2012 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 40.4 "  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 6.4"  E