Before the consecration of the synagogue in Promenadenstraße (today Synagogenplatz) in 1862 the Jewish community in Aachen used other prayer houses. The location of the first synagogue is not known. The second synagogue was located in Hirschgraben and was used until the consecration of the new synagogue. The construction of the synagogue in Promenadenstraße was necessary in view of the growth of the community.

Cult objects have been brought to Rotenburg / Fulda and destroyed there November 1938.

Last use: garage

Contradictory statements in the literature on the date of the desecration: November 8, 1938 (Krause-Schmitt, v. Freyberg, Wehe, 1995) and November 9, 1938 (Altaras, 1988)

Last use: warehouse of the Raiffeisenbank

Last use: residential

In 1827, the synagogue is mentioned for the first time, but it is inaugurated only in 1829. In 1938, the synagogue is sold and thus survives the progroms in the Nazi era. Only in 1999, the building is again used as a synagogue.

The first prayer rooms in private houses are mentioned as early as 1781. It was not until 1860 that the desire for an independent synagogue arose. The official inauguration date is 01 November 1863.The building was sold by the Jewish community in 1938. Before it was used as a church by the Catholic community in 1947, the building was used as a warehouse for building materials and supplies by the military. In 1962 the building was demolished to build a road crossing. Since 1991, there is a memorial plaque at the former site.

Last use: carpentry and residential use

In November 1937, the building came through the sale of the last living of the three owners - Hermann Schwerin - into the possession of a non-Jewish family, who had it converted into an apartment and cobbler workshop. 
In 1985, the building was listed as a historical monument. It is used as a residential building to the present day.

After 1945, the building was used for housing refugee families. After that, the building was a warehouse of Raiffeisenbank. Until the end of the 1950s, it remained essentially structurally unchanged. Only then the former synagogue was structurally heavily modified by the Raiffeisenbank and externally made unrecognizable as a former place of worship . Currently (2008) in the building is a branch of Waldecker Bank, Korbach.