List of former synagogues in the Palatinate

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The following list shows the former synagogues of the Palatinate, on the one hand the destroyed buildings as well as the buildings in the area of ​​the Palatinate that are used for other purposes today .

Some of the synagogues were able to avoid the destruction by the National Socialists during the November pogroms in 1938 . The preserved houses of worship are mostly buildings that had often been abandoned by their communities decades before, or whose destruction was not or only incompletely carried out due to the proximity to neighboring houses.

Selection (will be added)

The list is sortable.

Status:

  • a = demolished
  • g = violated
  • u = rededicated
  • z = destroyed
place synagogue Duration status Remarks image
Bobenheim-Roxheim Synagogue (Roxheim) 1889- 1930 u Sold around 1930, now a residential building
Bohl Synagogue (Böhl) 1840- 1938 G Devastated in 1938, demolished in 1940 Böhl synagogue
Bridges (Palatinate) Synagogue bridges 1833-1891 u Profaned & sold in 1927 Synagogue bridges
Deidesheim Synagogue (Deidesheim) 1852-1936 u Profaned & sold in 1936 Deidesheim synagogue
Dirmstein Synagogue (Dirmstein) 1858-1933 u Vacant in 1918, profaned in 1933 Dirmstein synagogue
Frankenthal Frankenthal synagogue 1885-1938 gz Devastated in 1938, bomb damage in 1943, demolished before 1953 Frankenthal synagogue
Fußgönheim Fußgönheim synagogue 1842-1928 u Profaned in 1936, German Potato Museum in 1996 Fußgönheim synagogue
Germersheim Synagogue (Germersheim) 1863 -1933 u 1938 profaned (March) Germersheim synagogue
Grünstadt Grünstadt synagogue 1757-1938 u Defiled in 1938, profaned in 1939 Grünstadt synagogue
Hessheim Synagogue (Heßheim) 1840-1911 a Sold in 1911, rebuilt in 1912
Kirchheim am Eck Kirchheim synagogue 1890-1938 gu Defiled in 1938, rebuilt in 1970 Kirchheim synagogue
Mother city Synagogue (mother city) 1838–1938
1904 remodeling
gz Desecrated in 1938 destroyed Synagogue Mutterstadt
Ruchheim Synagogue (Ruchheim) 1881-1938 gu Vandalized in 1938, sold in 1953 Ruchheim synagogue
Rülzheim Synagogue (Rülzheim) 1833-1938 gu Vandalized in 1938, sold in 1953 Rülzheim synagogue
Weisenheim am Berg Weisenheim synagogue 1832-1900 u Profaned in 1909 Synagogue Weisenheim am Berg

See also

Web links

literature

  • Otmar Weber: The synagogues in the Palatinate from 1800 to today; with special consideration of the synagogues in the southwest Palatinate . Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Palatinate, Landau 2005. ISBN 978-3000152504 .