Synagogue (Gangelt)

Synagogue in Gangelt (brick building)

The synagogue in the Gangelt community at Heinsberger Strasse 11. It is the only surviving synagogue from the November pogroms in the Heinsberg district . It is profane .

history

The synagogue is a brick building . It was inaugurated in 1824.

During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue was devastated but not set on fire so as not to endanger the neighboring houses. The furnishings and cult objects were looted. After the pogrom, the building was sold and converted.

It is a protected architectural monument .

See also

• List of old synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online version ).

Web links

Commons : Synagogue  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on synagogue in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 36.2 "  N , 5 ° 59 ′ 52.4"  E