List of old synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia
Of the 350 or so synagogues that were located in what is now the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the 1930s , only a few were able to escape destruction by the National Socialists during the November pogroms in 1938 . The preserved houses of worship are mostly buildings that had previously been abandoned by their communities or whose destruction was not or only incompletely carried out due to the proximity of the neighboring houses.
The following list shows the old synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia that still exist today. Former places of worship that have been converted into residential or commercial buildings or warehouses in a way that makes the original function unrecognizable are not taken into account.
designation | place | Remarks | image | Coordinates |
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Former synagogue Blomberg | Blomberg | today city archive | ⊙ | |
Former Borgholz synagogue | Borgholz | |||
Bork synagogue | Bork | |||
Former Coesfeld synagogue | Coesfeld | The memorial and event location, the frame for the Torah shrine and the women's gallery have been preserved | ||
Former synagogue Drensteinfurt | Drensteinfurt | |||
Old Synagogue Essen | eat | |||
Old Synagogue Epe | Epe | Set on fire during the night of the pogrom, later converted into a fire station, planned to be used as a memorial | ||
Old Synagogue Hagen-Hohenlimburg | Hagen-Hohenlimburg | Built in 1870, demolished in 1938, then factory hall. After restoration, since 1986 a memorial for the city of Hagen | ||
Former synagogue in Hülchrath | Hulchrath | |||
Former Synagogue Issum | Issum | |||
Cologne synagogue | Cologne | Partly destroyed in 1938, rebuilt in its old appearance after the war | ||
Synagogue in the Archaeological Zone of Cologne | Cologne | |||
Former Lippstadt synagogue | Lippstadt | Parts of the outer walls and an outbuilding were preserved | ||
Former synagogue Lommersum | Lommersum | |||
Former synagogue in Meschede | Meschede | Only lower floor preserved; Use as a community center | ||
Minden synagogue | Minden | Newly built new synagogue at the old location | ||
Old Synagogue Neheim | Neheim | |||
Former synagogue in Oerlinghausen | Oerlinghausen | ⊙ | ||
Former synagogue Padberg | Padberg (today: OT von Marsberg ) | |||
Old Synagogue Petershagen | Petershagen | ⊙ | ||
Former Schötmar synagogue | Schötmar (district of Bad Salzuflen ) | Firing on the night of the pogrom, later conversion to a residential building, historic decorative strip on the outer facade preserved | ||
Former synagogue in Stommeln | Stommeln (district of Pulheim ) | |||
Former synagogue Titz-Rödingen | Titz- Roedingen |
literature
- Michael Brocke (ed.): Fire on your sanctuary. Destroyed synagogues in 1938. North Rhine-Westphalia. Developed by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History. Bochum 1999
- Günter Birkmann, Hartmut Stratmann, Thomas Kohlpoth: Consider who you are standing in front of. 300 synagogues and their history in Westphalia and Lippe. Essen 1998
- Thomas Ridder: Synagogues in Westphalia . Munster 2000
Web links
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