Jewish Community

The Jewish community of Königswinter, today a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, came into being in 1853 and was dissolved in 1906.

The history of the Jewish community of Lechenich, a small town about 20 km west of Cologne, covers a period of about 700 years. It begins in the 13th century and ends in 1942. The heyday of the Jewish community was at the end of the 19th century. Through the persecution of the Jews by the National Socialists, Jewish life in Lechenich was completely destroyed.

A Jewish community in Meckenheim, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district (North Rhine-Westphalia), existed as early as the 16th century.

Ochtrup is a town in the northwestern Münsterland (North Rhine-Westphalia) in the border area with Lower Saxony and the Netherlands.

The history of the Jews in Hamm begins already a few decades after the foundation of the city of Hamm in 1226. A Hebrew martyrology, written down in 1296, mentions two Jewish refugees from Hamm. In 1327, Bishop Gottfried of Osnabrück allowed some Jews to settle in the town founded a hundred years earlier. The relationship between Hamm's Jews and the rest of the population was characterized by tensions and mutual distrust, as was common in Germany. Nevertheless, for centuries the Jews were indispensable financial backers of the authorities.

The Jewish community of Oelde existed between the middle of the 17th century and 1938, reaching its highest membership in 1861 with 84 believers.

The Jewish Community of Paderborn is a religious community in Paderborn that has existed since the Middle Ages. It is a member of the State Association of Jewish Communities of Westphalia-Lippe.

The Jewish community of Reken existed since 1856, when the Jews from Groß Reken and Klein Reken joined with those from Borken, Gemen, Heiden, Raesfeld, Ramsdorf and Velen to form the synagogue district of Borken, with Borken as the main town. With the construction of a synagogue in Groß Rekener Hauptstraße in 1863, they formed an independent sub-community with its own services. With the sale of the synagogue on March 29, 1938, Jewish life in Reken ceased.

The Jewish Community Recklinghausen is a Jewish unitary community in the Ruhr area. It is a member of the State Association of Jewish Communities of Westphalia-Lippe.

The Jewish community of Warburg existed from the 15th century until 1943 in Warburg and was one of the most important Jewish communities in Westphalia. 1686 to 1806 their rabbis were at the same time Oberlandesrabbiner.