Profaned prayer house Hagenburg

In the village of Hagenburg, to the west of Wunstorf, there is evidence that a small number of Jewish inhabitants lived there from the beginning of the 17th century - mostly in very poor circumstances. The few families initially held services in a private house in Steinhude; after differences between the members of the community, the Hagenburg Jewish community set up its own prayer room after 1840; a teacher was only employed on a temporary basis. Around 1860, eight Jewish families lived in Hagenburg. The prayer house was sold in 1912, but the Hagenburg community nominally continued to exist. Around 20 Jews lived in Hagenburg at the beginning of the 1930s; eight of them were able to emigrate, seven Hagenburg Jews were deported in 1941 and murdered. The house can still be recognized as a Jewish place of worship by its rounded windows at the top. The building was later used as a residential building and for a long time as a post office.

Source:https://infostation.synagoge-stadthagen.de/historische-orte/sachsenhagen.html