Synagogue district Arnsberg

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Statute of the Jewish community Arnsberg from 1855 printed 1883

The Arnsberg synagogue district , based in Arnsberg , today a town in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia , was created according to the Prussian Jewish Law of 1847 .

The newly created synagogue districts replaced the Jews of the former Duchy of Westphalia that existed until the 1840s . The synagogue district established in 1855 encompassed the entire district with the cities of Arnsberg and Neheim and the offices of Balve , Freienohl , Hüsten , Sundern and Warstein .

The first chairman or president of the synagogue district was the Neheim entrepreneur Noah Wolff .

In 1858, according to Section 41 of the Law on the Conditions of Jews, there were Jewish heads of household in Affeln (1), Allagen (2), Allendorf (1), Arnsberg (17), Balve (3), Belecke (4), Freienohl ( 4), Grevenstein (1), Hachen (4), Hagen (near Sundern) (1), Hirschberg (1), Hüsten (4), Neheim (21), Rumbeck (2), Sichtigvor (1), Stockum (1 ), Sundern (2), Vosswinkel (3), Warstein (6)

Below the district there were sub-communities with the associated religious and school facilities in Arnsberg , Hüsten , Neheim and Warstein. Vosswinkel belonged to the sub-community Neheim. At Hüsten Hachen and Warstein the Jewish inhabitants of Belecke, Hirschberg, Sichtigvor and Allagen. The sub-congregations also employed the cantor and the teacher. There were Jewish cemeteries in Arnsberg , Neheim , Hüsten , Belecke , Warstein , Balve , Stockum and Grevenstein.

In 1931 the community of Neheim became independent. About a third of the previous members left the previous community. The statute of the municipality was approved on the basis of precursors in 1855 and was amended in 1871. It was in effect until the Neheim community left. In 1932, the remaining community adopted the normal statute for small communities.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. 3 volumes. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition )
  • Horst Hoven: Arnsberg synagogue community . In: Jews in Arnsberg. A documentation . Arnsberg 1991, pp. 55-68.