Synagogue (Gotha)
The synagogue Gotha was from 1904 to 1938 at the former Hohenlohestraße 1 today Moßlerstraße in Gotha .
history
There were Jewish citizens living in Gotha from time to time in the Middle Ages, the first mention of which is in the year 1250. It is currently not known whether there was a prayer house or a synagogue at that time. It was not until 1848 that the number of Jewish citizens grew as a result of the freedom of settlement granted; around 1900 there were 296, plus between 40 and 50 others from the surrounding towns such as Waltershausen , Friedrichroda , Ohrdruf , Georgenthal and Bad Tennstedt .
In the second half of the 19th century, rooms were initially used in Jewish houses, first in Eichelschen Haus (Hauptmarkt 36), then in Liebensteinschen Haus (Schwabhäuser Straße 6) and from 1877 in Rudolphschen Haus (Siebleber Straße 8).
The new synagogue was built in 1903 and 1904 according to plans by the Gotha architect Richard Klepzig in the neo-Romanesque style as a central building with a turreted dome and inaugurated on May 11, 1904. The mayor Otto Liebetrau , several council members, representatives of the neighboring communities as well as the Protestant and Catholic Church and the Minister of State Otto von Hentig , who gave a short address on behalf of the ducal government, were present at the inauguration . In the brief ceremony at the handover of the keys, the mayor promised to always stand up for the interests of the community. The sermon was given by the country Rabbi Isaac Prague from Kassel , the Torah scrolls were the elders in the Torah shrine set.
In the early morning hours of November 10, 1938, the building was completely destroyed by arson during the November pogroms ; the fire brigade was only allowed to prevent the flames from spreading to the neighboring buildings. The ruins were removed from March 10, 1939 at the expense of the Jewish community.
In 1988 a memorial was set up near the former synagogue site, with a sculpture by the Gotha artist Hans Klein being put up. The sculpture has the shape of two angled steel profiles and is supposed to symbolize concentration camp fence posts or broken windows of a church.
The section of Lenaustraße between Moßlerstraße and Gartenstraße, where the synagogue stood, was renamed An der Synagoge by the city of Gotha in 1991 .
See also
literature
- Germania Judaica II, 1 p. 295 f .; III, 1 pp. 457-460.
- Jewish state community of Thuringia (ed.): The November pogroms. Against forgetting. Traces of Jewish life, Eisenach / Gotha / Schmalkalden, 1988. (without ISBN)
- Klaus Arlt, Constantin Beyer: Evidence of Jewish Culture. Memorial sites in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. Wichern-Verlag / Tourist-Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-350-00780-5 , pp. 272-274.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Synagogues in Thuringia. Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Gotha street names. Archived from the original on April 28, 2005 ; Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 5.2 " N , 10 ° 42 ′ 5.6" E