List of former synagogues in the Westerwald
Of the 15 or so synagogues that were located in the Westerwald region , only a few were able to avoid being destroyed by the Nazis during the November pogroms in 1938 . The preserved houses of worship are mostly buildings that had previously been abandoned by their parishes or whose destruction was not or only incompletely carried out due to the proximity to neighboring houses.
The following list shows the buildings of former synagogues in the Westerwald that were destroyed and are now used for other purposes.
| place | image | local community | Establishment | Remarks |
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Altenkirchen (Westerwald) District Altenkirchen (Westerwald) |
Jewish community Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | First prayer house in Kölner Strasse, 1894 synagogue Frankfurter Strasse | On November 9, 1938 destroyed and demolished | |
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Betzdorf district of Altenkirchen |
Belonged to the Jewish community of Hamm (Sieg) | Prayer room in the Hotel Stangier, Viktoriastraße. | ||
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Dierdorf district of Neuwied |
Jewish community of Dierdorf | Synagogue Hauptstrasse | On November 9, 1938 destroyed and demolished in 1946 | |
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Ellar district of Limburg-Weilburg |
Ellar Jewish Community | Prayer room Bornweg, built at the beginning of the 19th century. | Already demolished in 1933 | |
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Freilingen Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community of Freilingen | Around 1721 | First synagogue since 1817, second synagogue building on the corner of Bergstrasse / Hohe Strasse. Before the First World War, the Freilingen Jews moved to Selters. | |
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Frickhofen / Langendernbach district Limburg-Weilburg |
Jewish community of Frickhofen / Langendernbach | Around the 17th century; since 18th century prayer room and temporarily religious school in Frickhofen (Egenolfstraße 7),
Langendernbach (Dornburg) Ackerstraße (formerly An der Ackerhohl) has been in use since 1857 |
Both buildings not destroyed (Frickhofen is now used as a residential building), Langendernbach building demolished after 1951 | |
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Gemünden Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community Gemünden with Rennerod , from 1856 in the Jewish community Westerburg incorporated | Around 1810 | Since 1800 synagogue in Judengasse 6 with Rennerod until 1919; emigrated to Rotterdam in 1935 . | |
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Hachenburg Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community Hachenburg with Alpenrod , Höchstenbach , Kirburg , Kroppach , Steinebach an der Wied | Initially a synagogue on Judengasse. Use of the synagogue ended in 1897.
1897 new building |
The building of the former synagogue in Hachenburg am Alexanderring was preserved. After renovation, it is now used as a residential and commercial building. | |
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Hadamar district of Limburg-Weilburg |
Synagogue (Hadamar) | Founded in 1641, built 1839–1841 at Nonnengasse 6 opposite the St. Anna Hospital . | Interior destroyed in 1938; Set on fire - fire was extinguished by neighbors. Since 1982 memorial and memorial site with documentation. Permanent exhibition on Jewish history in Hadamar | |
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Haiger Lahn-Dill district |
Haiger Jewish community | 18 .. (?) Synagogue, Bahnhofstrasse 57 | Demolished in 1989 | |
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Hamm (Sieg) district of Altenkirchen |
Jewish community Hamm (Sieg) with Rosbach , Wissen and Betzdorf | Around 1883 | Destroyed on the night of November 9th to 10th, 1938, demolished in 1945. Memorial at Synagogenplatz and David House ( KulturHausHamm / Sieg ) | |
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Herborn Lahn-Dill district |
Jewish community Herborn , Bezirksrabbinat Herborn | Erected around 1680. Synagogue Am Kornmarkt 22 (has not been used since 1840, is now used as a residential and commercial building). Second synagogue behind the district court, built around 1875 | On 9 November 1938 the roof burned out. Demolished in 1982 | |
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Höhr-Grenzhausen Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community Grenzhausen | 1863, Kasinostraße 9 | On November 9, 1938 not destroyed because of Sturmabteilung mistakenly sold for already to a non-Jewish citizens (SA), today house | |
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Maxsain Westerwaldkreis |
Maxsain Jewish Community | 1845 Prayer House, Kirchstrasse 15, then Synagogue Kirchstrasse 23 | Abandoned after World War I. Today shop (Schönstraße 14) | |
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Mengerskirchen Lahn-Dill district |
Jewish community Mengerskirchen | Prayer room, community with Reichenborn | ||
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Meudt Westerwaldkreis |
Meudt Jewish Community | Bethaus Kirchstrasse 15, then 1880/81 synagogue , Kirchstrasse 23 | Destroyed and demolished in 1938 | |
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Mogendorf Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community Mogendorf | 1850 synagogue, Fuhrgasse | On November 9, 1938 destroyed | |
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Montabaur Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community of Montabaur | 17th century prayer room, 1889 Waldstrasse synagogue | On November 9, 1938 destroyed | |
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Puderbach district of Neuwied |
Jewish community Puderbach (with Oberlahr , from 1924 with Steimel and Urbach ) | From the middle of the 19th century. two prayer rooms, 4th / 5th August 1911 Synagogue on Barentoner Strasse (on the railway line) | On November 9, 1938 destroyed | |
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Schupbach district Limburg-Weilburg |
Schupbach synagogue. The Jewish community of Schupbach with its branches in Obertiefenbach , Heckholzhausen , Gaudernbach and Wirbelau had around 180 members in 1877. | In 1816 the first “Jewish school” was built in the village, which was consecrated as a synagogue in 1877 after being largely rebuilt. | In the larger wing there was the synagogue hall above and the schoolroom below (until 1904). The side and entrance building included stairs, gallery and bathroom. Subsequently plastered brick . When the Jewish community was dissolved in 1935, the synagogue was sold and therefore not destroyed, but considerably changed, emptied and used as a storage room. It is still privately owned today. The reconstruction shows more clearly the medieval round arch and pilaster strip style from 1877. In 2010, an association was founded which is committed to the permanent preservation of the synagogue. | |
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Selters Westerwaldkreis |
Jewish community of Selters with Herschbach, Nordhofen and Rückeroth | 1705 / 06–1850 First synagogue, followed by buying a house in Gartenstrasse | On November 9, 1938 destroyed and demolished in 1940 | |
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Urbach district of Neuwied |
Jewish community Urbach (with Horhausen ) | ( Destroyed on November 9, 1938 ) (to be clarified) | ||
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Waldbreitbach district of Neuwied |
Waldbreitbach Jewish community | (...) | On November 9, 1938 destroyed and demolished in 1942 | |
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Westerburg Westerwaldkreis |
Synagogue Westerburg the Jewish community Westerburg | 1766 prayer room; 1824 First synagogue, then new building after 1910 | On November 9, 1938 windows and the interior destroyed. Commercial use today |
See also
literature
- Joachim Jölsch, Uli Jungbluth u. a. (Ed.): Jews in the Westerwald . Montabaur 1998.