List of synagogues in Unna

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The list of synagogues in Unna names the former and the existing synagogue in Unna , district of Unna .

Several records about former synagogues in the city area prove a long Jewish tradition in Unna . Historical sources indicate the presence of Jews as early as the beginning of the 14th century. There is evidence that synagogues and prayer rooms have been built since the beginning of the 19th century, most of which have since been dissolved, closed or rededicated. The following facilities are known in detail:

Synagogue Südwall

In 1805 the Jewish community managed to acquire a house on the Südwall. Just one year later, this residential building was designated as a synagogue with government approval. The house was sold in 1808 because it was in disrepair.

Prayer room in Meyer Simon's house

Until 1822 there was a prayer room in the Meyer Simons house. This year the aforementioned resigned from the Jewish community. The reason for the termination was a division in the community. While one part of the divided congregation continued to celebrate the services at Meyer Simon, the other part set up a synagogue in the house of the citizen Bothe.

Hertinger Strasse synagogue

On March 12, 1827, the Jewish merchant Samuel Salomon bought part of the so-called Wiegerchen house on Hertinger Strasse. Samuel Salomon later called himself Samson. Samuel Samson's grave is in the new cemetery in Unna. With the help of the city and the Protestant clergy, it was possible to resolve the split in the Jewish community. In 1829, the community bought the building from Samuel Salomon and established their synagogue there. Over the next two decades, the community grew significantly. In 1849 103 Jews were already living in Unna.

Klosterstrasse synagogue

Since the Catholic community built a new church, they no longer needed the chapel of the former St. Catherine's Monastery. This chapel was purchased by the Jewish community and converted for their purposes. It served as a synagogue until the community was forcibly dissolved in 1938. The school attached to the synagogue was closed after the First World War .

Prayer room of the Jewish old people's home

On July 9, 1905, the first Jewish old people's home in Unna was inaugurated. It was located at Mühlenstrasse 7. A prayer room was set up for the elderly who lived there. In the post-war period, the Catholic Parish of St. Catherine purchased the building from the Jewish Trust Corporation . Today it is the Catholic Bonifazius retirement home. After a new Jewish community was founded in late 1990 / early 2000, the prayer room temporarily served as a synagogue for the new Jewish community.

Synagogue Buderusstrasse (Massen)

Since 2009 the former Bodelschwinghhaus in Unna-Massen has served as a synagogue for the new Jewish community.

literature

  • Dieter Fölster, Walter Flick, Bernd Cnyrim (arrangement): Jews in Unna. Traces of their history. A historical documentation (analyzes and opinions. Publication series of the city of Unna, volume 25). City of Unna, Department for Public Relations, Unna 1993, ISBN 3-927082-25-2 .
  • Klaas Schulte-Bertschik: List of citizens of Unna of the Jewish faith who were deported and perished between 1938 and 1942. In: Reminder and Reminder. Memory of the Jewish victims of National Socialist tyranny in Unna. Documentation for the commemoration on December 1, 1985. Unna 1986, pp. 42–47.
  • Willy Timm : On the history of the Jews in Unna (topic guide to the Unna history, issue 3). Verlag der Kleine Hellweg-Bücherei Unna, Unna 1973, ISBN 3-87298-012-2 .
  • Willy Timm: On the history of the Jews in the city of Unna. In: Reminder and Reminder. Memory of the Jewish victims of National Socialist tyranny in Unna. Documentation for the commemoration on December 1, 1985. Unna 1986, pp. 36–41.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Synagogue Buderusstrasse

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