Synagogue

After the pogrom, the building was given to the German Red Cross and decayed over time. Last use: No use - undeveloped

The synagogue of 1894 is most likely the third on this site. The first building, a wooden structure, dates from about 1802/03. Before that, the Jewish people of Oerlinghausen held their services in rented rooms. The land was provided by the widow Meyer David. The first synagogue was already dilapidated three decades later. A list of costs for a new building is preserved in the state archives in Detmold. There is no evidence of its realization, but it probably took place around 1832/33. This second synagogue also showed traces of forgetfulness around 1890.

private prayer house with room for about 80 people Last use: no information

Last use: since 1981 discotheque

Last use: salesroom of an antiquarian bookstore

Around 1700, the Jewish residents of Menden had a prayer room in a private residence located in "Ob der Grotte", today's "Wasserstraße". In 1820, the local Jewish community had a synagogue built on Watergasse/Süsterstraße, today's Hochstraße/Synagogengasse. The synagogue was smashed by SS men and locals on the November pogrom night in 1938. The interior, including religious objects and furniture, was thrown into the street and set on fire. However, local residents had prevented the synagogue from burning down completely.

Club "Machsike Hadass" Last used: No information

Already for the year 1724 a prayer room can be proven, since the prince abbot of Corvey allowed the Jews from Löwendorf to attend the prayers in the synagogue in Fürstenau according to the Jewish laws. In the middle of the 19th century a rented prayer room is documented. The "Schtiebel" was located in the house of the Sievers. Since there were not enough children in the community, no school was opened.

Last use: residential use