Jewish cemetery (Mengede)

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On 15.12.1845 the Jewish community acquired a 192 square meter property from the farmer Anton Grasmann. The royal government in Arnsberg granted the permission for use on 20.03.1846. Since the cemetery was soon occupied it was closed at the beginning of the 20th century. Probably Moses Mendel who died on 04.01.1907 was the last one to be buried here.

According to the death registers Castrop died from 1844 to 1873 in Deusen, Bodelschwing and Mengede 21 people.

Department store for women's fashion - Otto Landauer

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After training as a commercial apprentice in Sankt Gallen, Otto Landauer, born Nathan Landauer (1842 in Hürben - 1913 in Munich) opened a button, ribbon and trimmings shop in Munich in 1878, which he later converted into a ladies' fashion store. In 1889, Otto Landauer Damenmoden moved into a newly built business premises at Kaufingerstraße 28. In 1904 and 1906, Landauer acquired the neighboring properties and expanded his salesrooms. In 1909, Otto Landauer became a Bavarian Councillor of Commerce and in 1912 a Royal Bavarian Court Purveyor.

Jewish cemetery (Mengede)

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On 14.12.1885 the community bought a 1852 sqm plot of land from the farmer Schween gnt. Schulte to Groppenbruch, because the previous cemetery was occupied. The dedication of the cemetery took place in 1886. The last burial in this cemetery took place in 1952. 16 graves from this cemetery have been preserved today.

In 1959 6 graves were transferred here from the previous cemetery in Nette. A memorial stone reminds of this.

 

Cloth and banking business - Arons Brothers

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The brothers Levin, Lazarus and Seelig Arons moved to Berlin at the end of the 18th century and founded a cloth and banking business there, which later developed into the private banking house Gebrüder Arons. Until 1938, the company was headquartered at Mauerstrasse 34 in Berlin-Mitte. In 1887, Paul Arons took over the vested interest and the management of the bank Gebrüder Arons and paid off his äolder brother. In 1938, the bank was expropriated and became the property of Deutsche Bank ü

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