Holten synagogue district

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

Initially, the Jewish residents of Holten belonged to the Duisburg synagogue district . In 1877 the Holten synagogue district was created.

The places of Beek, Bruckhausen , Buschhausen , Hamborn , Marxloh and Sterkrade also belonged to the synagogue district .

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).