Jewish Museum Rendsburg
The Jewish Museum Rendsburg is a cultural meeting place and one of the few Jewish museums in northern Germany.
history
The Rendsburg Jewish Museum is the second oldest in Germany. Since its opening on November 6, 1988, it has been located in the structurally fully preserved community center of the former Jewish community of Rendsburg, from which a cultural center was set up in March 1985 after years of misuse as a fish smokehouse and warehouse, which has since been named Dr.-Bamberger -House carries. It is reminiscent of the popular doctor Dr. Ernst Bamberger , who was persecuted as a Jew during the Nazi era and driven to suicide.
The history of the Jewish community in Rendsburg begins at the end of the 17th century, when the Danish King Christian V had the Neuwerk district built for military reasons and, as with Altona , Glückstadt and Friedrichstadt, opened it to religious minorities in order to win new citizens.
The former synagogue with mikveh and women's gallery as well as the former Talmud Torah school belong to the rarely well-preserved ensemble of buildings . The Westerrönfeld Jewish cemetery, which was laid out in 1695, is still partially preserved and can be visited.
The building, which had been used commercially until then, was placed under monument protection in 1981 and bought by the city of Rendsburg a year later. The restoration was completed in 1985. The former synagogue, the architect of the restoration, Horst Krug, and the city of Rendsburg were awarded the internationally recognized Europa Nostra Medal of Merit for the preservation of monuments in 1986.
The museum
In addition to the importance of the preserved monument, the museological activity of the Jewish Museum Rendsburg, which has belonged to the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation Schloss Gottorf since 2002 , stands out: there are three permanent exhibitions in the rooms of the synagogue and those of the former Talmud Torah school . On the women's gallery and in the neighboring meeting room, the Jewish religion is conveyed with regard to the holidays in the course of the year, in the house and in the life of Judaism. Significant works by artists who were persecuted as Jews during the Nazi era (e.g. Max Liebermann , Felix Nussbaum or Ludwig Meidner ) are shown on the upper floor of the former Talmud Torah School . In addition, a scientific documentation on the ground floor gives an insight into the history of the Jews in Schleswig-Holstein (to which Altona belonged until 1937).
In 1991 the museum was expanded to include two houses adjoining the inner courtyard. The area of the temporary exhibitions can be found in them. In three to five shows a year, Jewish is thematized in its religious, historical, artistic and cultural dimensions.
Shortly after the opening of the museum, the series of events “November Days” was set up, which not only became an institution in the region, but also became a model for other meeting places in the Jewish context with its readings, plays, films, concerts and many other formats.
Web links
- Website of the Jewish Museum Rendsburg
- Esther Geißlinger: Jewish Museum Rendsburg. Oldest of its kind , TAZ, October 24, 2008
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward Hoop, History of the City of Rendsburg. Verlag Heinrich Möller Sons, Rendsburg 1989, ISBN 3-87550-114-4 , p. 719.
Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 57 ″ N , 9 ° 40 ′ 6 ″ E