Padberg Synagogue

The Padberg Synagogue was first mentioned on February 9, 1751. The synagogue was built in the half-timbered style common at the time, with a simple square floor plan and a gallery for the women inside.

As the Jews were under the special protection of the Lords of Padberg and could carry out unrestricted trade within the Lordship of Padberg, there were 95 Jewish fellow citizens in

1831

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the districts were reorganized and the synagogue district of Padberg was created, to which the Jews from Beringhausen, Bontkirchen, Helminghausen, Messinghausen, Rösenbeck, Madfeld and Giershagen also belonged

.In the following period, the number of Jews in Padberg continued to decline, so that by the end of the First World War an independent community of Padberg could no longer be maintained and the last Padberg Jews were assigned to the synagogue district of Marsberg. This is where the history of Padberg's synagogue ends; it was later used as a warehouse, and

thanks to extensive renovations in the 1990s, the synagogue has been preserved as a historical monument and can be visited today on request

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