Delme Jewish Community

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Former synagogue in Delme
Old Jewish cemetery in Delme

A Jewish community in Delme in the Moselle department in the French region of Lorraine was established as early as the 17th century.

history

As in all other places in the region, the Jewish community developed very dynamically in the 19th century. The first prayer room was built in 1819, but it became too narrow and inadequate. A piece of land was bought in 1880 and planning for a synagogue began . Half of the construction costs were financed by the Jewish community and the other half by the Lorraine District Presidium or the political community. A synagogue with Moorish style elements was created, i. H. with a central dome , which was surrounded on all sides by semi-domes. Relatively small windows gave very little light to the interior.

The German occupiers blew up this synagogue during World War II . In 1946 the synagogue was rebuilt in a simpler form. Since the synagogue had been closed for worship since 1981 , it was bought and renovated by the community. Today it is used for exhibitions. The Jewish community had belonged to the Israelite consistorial district of Metz since 1808 .

graveyards

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 version ).
  • Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Moselle . Éditions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-87692-430-7 .

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