List of old synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia

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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
Former synagogue Blomberg Blomberg today city archive Blomberg Former Synagogue Transylvania-1a 6.jpg ⊙
Former Borgholz synagogue Borgholz Borgholz Synagogue.jpg
Bork synagogue Bork The synagogue selm bork.jpg
Former Coesfeld synagogue Coesfeld The memorial and event location, the frame for the Torah shrine and the women's gallery have been preserved Coesfeld former synagogue.jpg
Former synagogue Drensteinfurt Drensteinfurt Drensteinfurt Synagogue.jpg
Old Synagogue Essen eat Old Synagogue Essen 2014.jpg
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 Hohenlimburg, Jahnstr. 46.JPG
Former synagogue in Hülchrath Hulchrath 129 Former synagogue (Hülchrath) .jpg
Former Synagogue Issum Issum Issum Kapellener Str 30 Synagoge.jpg
Cologne synagogue Cologne Partly destroyed in 1938, rebuilt in its old appearance after the war Cologne synagogue pano.jpg
Synagogue in the Archaeological Zone of Cologne Cologne Bimah.JPG
Former Lippstadt synagogue Lippstadt Parts of the outer walls and an outbuilding were preserved 2012-05 Lippstadt Synagogue 03.jpg
Former synagogue Lommersum Lommersum 14-03-09 Lommersum Synagogue 01.jpg
Former synagogue in Meschede Meschede Only lower floor preserved; Use as a community center Old synagogue meschede.JPG
Minden synagogue Minden Newly built new synagogue at the old location Minden Synagogue.jpg
Old Synagogue Neheim Neheim Neheim Synagogue.jpg
Former synagogue in Oerlinghausen Oerlinghausen Synagogue Oerlinghausen.jpg ⊙
Former synagogue Padberg Padberg (today: OT von Marsberg ) PadbergSynagoge.jpg
Old Synagogue Petershagen Petershagen Petershagen Old Synagogue.jpg ⊙
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 Schötmar BS.jpg
Former synagogue in Stommeln Stommeln (district of Pulheim ) Synagoge-Stommeln.jpg
Former synagogue Titz-Rödingen Titz- Roedingen Titz-Rödingen monument no. 90, Mühlenend 1 (1746) .jpg

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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