Witten synagogue district

The synagogue district of Witten , based in Witten , a town in the southeast of the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia , was created according to the Prussian Jewish law of 1847 .

The synagogue district established in 1855 included not only the members of the Jewish community in Witten , but also the Jewish communities in Herbede and Blankenstein . The synagogue district also included the Jews in Bommern , Langendreer , Stiepel and Stockum .

literature

• Günter Birkmann, Hartmut Stratmann: Consider who you are standing in front of. 300 synagogues and their history in Westphalia and Lippe. Klartext, Essen 1998, ISBN 3-88474-661-8 , p. 62.