Dülken synagogue

In the summer of 1898, the synagogue was solemnly consecrated in the former Bahnhofstraße, today's Martin-Luther-Straße.

The brick building, which had been constructed from a mixture of the neo-Islamic and Romanesque styles, was located directly opposite a Protestant church and was a popular motif on picture postcards of the city.

During the November pogroms, the synagogue was set on fire. The inventory was destroyed. The Protestant pastor Wilhelm Veit saved one of the Torah scrolls that night. This is now in the Jewish community center in Krefeld.

Because the synagogue was not completely destroyed by the fire, the Jewish community of Dülken had to provide for further removal of the remains of their synagogue.

In the spring of 1939, the property became the property of the city of Viersen.

Since the 1980s, a memorial plaque commemorates the site of the former synagogue.