The synagogue in Roonstra;e looks back on an eventful history: completed in 1899, it shaped both the cityscape of Cologne and the developments within the city. In accordance with the reforms of the 19th century, the bima, the raised lectern for the weekly reading of the Torah, was no longer located in the center of the room, but moved to the east side near the Torah shrine. Another characteristic of the reform-oriented orientation of the congregation members was the desire to install an organ; this led to a break with the Orthodox members.

1943 Synagogue completely destroyed in a bombing raid Last use: no information

After their expulsion from Cologne in 1424, Jews were not allowed to settle in the cathedral city again until 1798. After their readmission, they founded a congregation and used premises of the former Clarissan convent in Glockengasse. A steadily growing number of members led to the planning of a new place of worship, which Abraham von Oppenheim financed. The design of the new building, inaugurated in 1861, came from the Cologne cathedral architect Ernst Friedrich Zwirner.

"Already in September the Star of David was removed without legal permission." (Brocke, Schwarz, 1999) Contradictory statements in the literature about the date of demolition: probably after 1945 (Brocke, Schwarz, 1999) and 1939 (Zacharias, 1988) Last use: garden

The synagogue was located in (Old) Garzweiler. Due to the expansion of the open-cast lignite mining, in the 1980s, the old village of Garzweiler was abandoned and the inhabitants* resettled to Neu-Garzweiler. In the meantime, Neu-Garzweiler has been renamed Garzweiler. On the village square of (Neu-) Garzweiler there is a memorial plaque for the old synagogue. Before the resettlement, a memorial plaque in front of the Town Hall of (Old) Garzweiler reminded of the synagogue.