Jewish community Enniger

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Front view of the synagogue in Enniger, construction drawing 1869

The Jewish community of Enniger existed since about 1848. In 1870 it was able to inaugurate its own synagogue , which was used together with the community of Sendenhorst until 1889 . After that, the congregations became part of the Drensteinfurt Jewish Community .

History of the Jewish Community

Around 1560 there was a Moises von Enniger who was expelled from the Münster bishopric by the bishop . It was not until 1764 that the Episcopal Court Chamber in Münster again gave a Jew escort for Enniger. In 1818 two Jewish families lived in Enniger, in 1860 there were eight families together with Hoetmar and Ennigerloh . At that time, the number of members of the congregation, which had gathered to pray in the Rollmann family's house since 1848 , increased to up to 50 people.

In 1870 the Jewish community was able to inaugurate its synagogue. This was largely financed by private donations from the Christian population. Also Oberpräsident Franz of Duesberg had supported the construction. The synagogue stood on Dorfstrasse, today Hauptstrasse 70. The single-storey brick building had a gable roof and stood on a rectangular floor plan.

Side view of the synagogue

On April 22, 1873, the girl Elisabeth Schütte from Enniger was the victim of a sex murder . The population accused the Jewish citizen Georg Spiegel of having killed the girl in a ritual murder . Even after the judiciary acquitted Spiegel, the anti-Semitic riots in Enniger and Hoetmar continued. On the night of November 18, 1873, strangers broke the windows of the synagogue. Boycotts of Jewish shops, graffiti and psychological terror did not stop for years, which is why most of the Jewish families left Enniger in the 1890s.

In June 1890, Herz Spiegel applied for the synagogue to be demolished, which at that time had not been used for church services for years. In 1891 a partial demolition took place; Parts of the building were integrated into subsequent buildings and remained intact until the 1970s. In 1892 the last Jewish family left Enniger.

At the place of the Jewish cemetery , on the road to Ennigerloh, a plaque commemorates the Jewish community today. However, gravestones are not preserved.

literature

  • Egon Stutenkemper: From the Jewish sub-community Enniger . In: 750 years of Enniger. Here sin ick to Hus, 1226-1976 . Home register of the municipality of Ennigerloh, Enniger 1976.
  • Elfi Pracht-Jörns : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume IV: Münster administrative district. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2002, pp. 470-473.
  • Sandra Licher: murder of Elisabeth Schütte. Osnabrück.
  • Gisbert Strotdrees: The Power of Rumor and Prejudice. The murder of Elisabeth Schuette and the "Jewish riots". In: Ders .: Tatort Dorf. Historical crimes from the country. Münster 2014, pp. 90–101. - Link to the reading at "Literaturline" Münster