Drove synagogue

The synagogue Drove was at Kreuzauer district Drove in Düren on the corner Drovestraße / Wewordenstraße.

Drove was called Judendorf in the 18th century because a relatively large number of Jews lived here.

History and description

Before the synagogue was built, there was already a prayer house in the same place . The synagogue, built between 1862 and 1865, was built with a grant from the civil parish. The wood required for the new building was allowed to be felled in the Mausauel forest free of charge. A wrought iron fence shielded the free-standing building from the street. The church was a massive, plastered building on a rectangular floor plan and provided with a gable roof. The building was bordered by square pillars at all four corners, ending in small turrets with spiral-shaped tops. On the top of the gable sat a small platform with the Star of David .

During the November pogrom of 1938 on November 10, 1938, the building was burned down by National Socialists from Düren , Kreuzau and Drove. The building was completely destroyed. The civil parish bought the property for 500 marks and had the ruins torn down between 1941 and 1943.

In 1971 and again on November 9, 1999, a memorial stone was inaugurated on the site of the synagogue. Today there is a parking lot, a green area and the town's fairground.

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945
• Jewish cemetery (Drove)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.kreuzau.de/ug/downloads/otberichte/Juedische_Gemeinde.pdf

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 45.8 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 56.2"  E