Synagoge Zündorf

The synagogue Zuendorf was a house of worship in the district of Cologne Zuendorf, Str. 159

History

The Jewish history of the right bank Zuendorf already starts before 1700. First historical document is the burial of Jews ischar on 2 July 1708 the Deutz cemetery, which was to plant their own burial ground in 1923, also the final resting place for the Zündorfer Jews. The garden path between and Hasenkaul, north of the town on the rail, situated Jewish cemetery of Zuendorf still has eight grave Insert with six grave stones.

Zuendorf was an important trading center and therefore drew Jewish cattle and horse dealers at as well as butchers, moneylenders, small artisans or goods dealer. Testimony of Jewish life in Zuendorf took off the former Jewish quarter, today's goods alley.

Although the Zündorfer special synagogue community was only in 1853 from the Mülheim Synagogengemeinde out, but already existed since 1713, a prayer room, in the form of a made-up room in the home of Andreas Salomon. With the growing up of the community, it was decided to build a new. Begun in 1880 was inaugurated on 18 August 1882. Since November 5, 1883, he was then owned by the special synagogue community Zuendorf. It included the Jews of the mayors Heumar, delusion and Rösrath.

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, the previously declining number of members went rapid back, by emigration, expulsion, deportation and murder. Finally came, accelerated by the lack of income, community life to a complete standstill. On November 29, 1937, the congregation offered to the synagogue for 800 marks to sell, among other things under the conditions that the garden of the Jewish fellow citizen, Mr. Salomon, located windows are bricked up and never cowsheds may also be applied in the case of resale there. Even before March 28, 1938, when the status of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany was deprived as a public corporation law, the synagogue on 9 February 1938 sold. The building was rebuilt in the sequel to a residential building, the architectural details disappeared, which gave a conclusion to the previous use.

The Zündorfer Jewish community broke up 1938-1942 due to relocation and deportation.

Architecture

The two-story, executed in brick and provided with a gable roof construction possessed with a width of 6.7 meters and a depth of 8.9 meters only have a floor area of ​​59.6 m2. From the main road he was about to reach only about a three -meter-wide cul, which led past an upstream old building on the land lying behind. According to specifications regarding renovations of 15 February 1938 ( 1.50 x 2.50 m) were located in the west of the synagogue three large windows and two circular arched windows. Two windows that were rebuilt in 1938 to the living room windows, lay at the back of the synagogue and another high window on the north - western corner of the house. This was bricked as agreed. As early as 1970 was no longer necessary to clarify whether it is the marked during the conversion in 1938 with an additional basement ceiling recessed space in the courtyard in front of the synagogue to negotiated a ritual.