Synagogue Lüxheim

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Former synagogue in Lüxheim

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '20 "  N , 6 ° 37' 40"  O The synagogue Lüxheim stood in Vettweißer district Lüxheim in Düren.

The synagogue

Around 1870 there were more than 15% Jews in the town of 300 inhabitants. The small synagogue community also included Jews from surrounding villages, such as Hochkirchen , Müddersheim and Nörvenich .

A synagogue in Lüxheim is documented as early as 1843 . In 1893 a new synagogue was inaugurated. The building was on Nikolausstrasse. Today two thirds are still preserved and are used as a carpentry shop. The building cannot be seen from the street because of a wall. It's in a courtyard. The interior of the building measures 126 m². Thus the synagogue was one of the larger regional synagogues. In the masonry, belt cornices , the pilaster-like reinforcements in the corners and the brick extension for the Torah shrine on the east side are still visible.

The inauguration of the synagogue was described on June 16, 1893 in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums as follows:

“In the village of Lüxheim, Düren district, there were festivities for the inauguration of the new synagogue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday afternoon the procession took place at the old synagogue. The Torah scrolls were brought to the new church by members of the Israelite community. Behind the bearers of the scrolls stepped the rabbi Dr. Frank from Cologne next to the cantor of the community, followed by the guests of honor, the mayor Keller, the master builder, and they were joined in an almost invisible row by the festival participants. When we arrived at the new synagogue, the usual handing over of the keys took place. Dr. Frank opened the house of God and gave a speech to the assembled, which obviously made the deepest impression on the audience. After a one-hour break, the first solemn service began, which was enhanced by the participation of a choir. On the second day the celebration was reopened with a divine service, in which all the guests of honor attended. At the end of the same, Mr. Dechant from Gladbach congratulated the Israelite community on the new church. "

- unknown : Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums

The synagogue was set on fire on November 10, 1938, during the Reichskristallnacht , and the roof structure went up in flames. The inventory was destroyed and looted.

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  1. ↑ Arthur Bergrath in Synagogues in the Düren District , published in 2013 by the Working Group of the History Associations in the Düren District, 2013, ISBN 978-3-930808-12-0