LVR-Cultural Centre Village Synagogue Rödingen

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The LVR-Cultural Centre Village Synagogue Rödingen (LVR-Kulturhaus Landsynagoge Rödingen) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue in Rödingen, near Titz, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It began as a house in 1749 and the synagogue was finished in 1841. Since 2009 it has served as a Jewish museum and cultural center.

The Ullmann family lived in the house from 1789 to 1934, and the building is the former head of the local Jewish community’s house. In 1999, the Landschaftsverband Rheinland bought the property and prepared it for public access. The cultural centre opened in September 2009, on the European Day of Jewish Culture.

The synagogue area is still largely in its original condition. You can see the Torah niche on the eastern wall opposite the entrance, the Torah ark with its parochet, and a Ner Tamid nail above the niche. The women's gallery also remains.

The museum is spread over nine rooms in the former family house. On the ground floor there is a Media Room with a small library, a Family Room telling the Ullmanns’ story, and a Kosher kitchen with exhibits. On the upper floor are the House and Synagogue History Room, and the Village Sites Room about the Jewish cemetery, Judengasse (Jews’ Alley) and the Jewish school. The Rhineland Judaism Room features a Menorah from the former synagogue in Vettweiß. The Religion Room includes a 1762 Torah Wimpel and a Sefer Torah fragment with a pointer ( yad).

The museum hosts monthly talks, workshops, seminars and concerts about Jewish religion and culture, and it participates in events such as International Museum Day, European Day of Jewish Culture and European Heritage Days.