Prayer Room

On 6.12.1964 the Jewish community inaugurated a prayer hall on the corner of Rheinstrasse and Philadelphiastrasse, which provided space for about 130 people. Due to the growth of the Jewish community, the space quickly became too small. Since 1978, the Jewish community had rented rooms on the second floor of the house Wiedstraße 17 for conversion into a prayer hall. This prayer hall could be referred 1981.

Shortly after the end of the war in 1945, Jewish life in Krefeld revived. About ten Jews joined together to form a (new) Jewish community. The silk manufacturer Fritz Leven became the head of the community. The community initially met in his private house at Bismarckstrasse 118. 116 and 118 belonged to the Jewish community of Krefeld. The community grew again. At the end of the 1960s it had about 120 people. This number remained fairly constant for the following decades.

From 1848, Fischeln's small Jewish community set up its own prayer room at Marienstraße 37. To hold a service, however, the room could be used only years later, because previously the number of minyan (10 Jewish males are required for a service, otherwise it can not be held) had not been reached.

Around 1910, at the latest by the beginning of the First World War in 1914, the prayer room was no longer used.

In 1812, the Jewish community in Süchteln built its prayer room on the second floor at Hindenburgstraße 3. The private house was located directly next to the Protestant church.

During the November pogroms, the building was not set on fire because there was a barbershop on the first floor owned by non-Jewish owners. Nevertheless, the prayer room was completely destroyed.

Through the donation of a wealthy Dülken Jew, the Jewish community was able to build a prayer room in 1781 in premises in the backyard of the house on the corner of Lange Straße and Domhof. This prayer room replaced an older prayer room, which is documented since the 1680s, but can no longer be located today.

The prayer room was used by the Jewish community until the ceremonial dedication of the newly built synagogue in 1898.

It is the former residence of Jonas Leffmann. He had been a resident of Viersen since 1807 and, as a trader in ellewaren, was one of the few Jews to hold a trade patent in Viersen since 1818. In 1822, he is even listed as a cotton manufacturer in the address directory of the city of Viersen, which shows that he had at least succeeded in advancing to the middle class of Viersen tradesmen. Nevertheless, Jonas Leffmann had to declare bankruptcy in 1824 and was not able to register a trade patent again until 1829.

The house Rektoratstraße 10 was acquired by the Jewish community in 1862. The building served different purposes. In the basement was the Jewish school. The private school was nationalized in 1905. It existed until 1932, when the last Jewish teacher - Israel Nussbaum - retired.

On the second floor of the building, the Jewish community built a prayer hall, which existed until the expropriation of the property around 1939/1940. The building passed into municipal ownership.

In the annex of the house Abteiberg 4 the Jewish community built a prayer room. It was the residence of the community leader Joseph Cahn. With his appointment as headman in 1809, Jewish life in Gladbach began to organize. As head of the community, Cahn was responsible, among other things, for the possibility of conducting religious services. Therefore, it is obvious that shortly after his appointment he provided the congregation with the premises in his house.

" The Jewish community in Wöllmarshausen existed from the middle of the 18th century until 1877. (...). Around 1848 there were 35 Jews living in Wöllmarshausen. (...) Due to the law of 1842 the Landdrostei decreed on June 17, 1844 the formation of a joint synagogue association with Bremke and Gelliehausen. This failed due to the "disruptive obstinacy" of the Wöllmarshauser Jews. In May 1845 the Landdrostei provisionally accepted the independence of the community of Wöllmarshausen. (...)