Potthofstraße Synagogue (Hagen)

Jews lived in Hagen according to written documents since the beginning of the 18th century. They did not have a religious center, but prayed in various private houses until the year 1819, where, among other things, a synagogue and a school were housed in an older half-timbered building.

It was not until 1859 that the Jewish community of Hagen was able to inaugurate its new synagogue in Potthofstraße. Forty years later, the house of worship was rebuilt and rededicated.

During the November pogrom 1938 the synagogue was set on fire and its interior completely destroyed.

The new Jewish community after World War II rebuilt and rededicated the synagogue in 1960 on the same site.