Jewish Community

The Jewish community of Sendenhorst existed since the middle of the 18th century and was absorbed into the Jewish community of Drensteinfurt in 1889. The Jewish cemetery of Sendenhorst is preserved.

The Jewish community of Telgte existed from the 16th/17th century until 1941.

The Jewish Community of Vettweiß was a Jewish community in Vettweiß, district of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Jewish community of Warendorf existed roughly from the 14th century until 1941. From 1945 to 1947, the community emerged anew in rudimentary form, when Holocaust survivors from the Münsterland region celebrated services in Warendorf.

The Jewish community in Aurich (East Frisia) existed over a period of approximately 400 years from its beginnings in 1657 until its end on March 1, 1940.

The Jewish community in Bunde existed over a period of about 150 years from its beginnings in the 18th century until its end on July 19, 1942.

The Jewish Community of Celle is a religious community rich in tradition, which was reestablished as a registered association in 1997. It has a liberal orientation and is a member of the Landesverband der israelitischen Kultusgemeinden von Niedersachsen and the Union of Progressive Jews in Germany. The community members live very scattered and most of them quite far away from Celle.

The Jewish community in Dornum existed over a period of about 300 years from its beginnings in the 17th century until its end on March 8, 1940. In 1925, the Jews in Dornum represented the highest percentage of the population in East Frisia with 7.3%. Jews first settled in the Dornum dominion after the Thirty Years' War, after the dominion owners were granted the privilege of issuing their own letters of protection by Count Rudolf Christian in 1626. From then on, the Jews participated in local life and were members of various village associations.

The Jewish community in Esens existed over a period of about 300 years from its beginnings in the 17th century until its end on July 31, 1941. The Harlingerland consisting of the old boroughs of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund was an independent territory until its unification with the county of East Frisia in 1600. Jewish communities existed here only in Wittmund and Esens. The Jewish community of Wittmund seems to have been the oldest in Harlingerland. In any case, the Jews from Esens initially had to bury their dead in the Jewish cemetery in Wittmund.