Old Synagogue (Thionville)
The Old Synagogue in Thionville , a French town in the Moselle department in the historic Lorraine region , was built in 1882 to designs by the Karlsruhe architect Ludwig Levy . The synagogue was located at 31 avenue Clemenceau.
The neo-Romanesque synagogue was burned down by the German occupiers in July 1940 during World War II . The ruin was removed and the stones were used for road construction.
The New Synagogue was built on the same site in 1956 .
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).
Web links
Commons : Old Synagogue (Thionville) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 41.3 " N , 6 ° 9 ′ 58.2" E