Orthodox Synagogue Mainz
The Orthodox Synagogue was the synagogue of the Orthodox part of the Jewish community in Mainz , which existed from 1856 to 1938 .
Due to liturgical reforms and the installation of an organ in the main synagogue in Mainz , which was inaugurated in 1853 , the Orthodox Jews (" Israelite Religious Society ") set up their own prayer room in Mainz in order to be able to organize the divine service in the traditional way, but remained part of the unified community (" Israelite religious community ”). Marcus Lehmann was her rabbi from 1854 until his death in 1890 . Initially, the service was held provisionally in the restaurant "Zur Stadt Darmstadt" (Vordere Judengasse / Synagogenstrasse 20).
On September 24, 1856, the Orthodox Synagogue, built according to plans by the architect Albert, was inaugurated on the corner plot of Flachsmarktstrasse and Margarethenstrasse. Access was between the buildings in Margarethenstrasse 19 and Flachsmarktstrasse 25. Due to structural damage, planning for a new building had to begin as early as 1877. This was built in the Moorish style according to plans by the city architect Eduard Kreyssig and was inaugurated on May 26th, 1879. The building offered space for around 300 people. During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue was damaged by fire, and the interior was desecrated and destroyed. The demolition was initially not carried out in order not to endanger the surrounding houses. The building was completely destroyed in a bomb attack in August 1942
In the building complex of the synagogue there was also a Jewish school founded in 1859, which was usually referred to as the "Bondi School" after the Orthodox rabbi and headmaster Jonas Bondi (1862–1929). This was also devastated in November 1938 and then stopped working.
Today a plaque commemorates the destroyed Orthodox synagogue.
literature
- Program for the inauguration of the Bet Tefilat Yisra'el synagogue in Mainz on September 24, 5616 . Mainz 1856.
- Leo Trepp : "Keep quiet and forget". About the synagogue on Flachsmarktstrasse, consecrated in 1879 . In: Allgemeine Zeitung of November 9, 2004 ( digitized version ).
- Leo Trepp: »Even the last stone has disappeared«. The synagogue of the neo-orthodox community on Flachsmarktstrasse, destroyed by the Nazis in 1938 . In: Allgemeine Zeitung from November 16, 2004 ( digitized version ).
- Leo Trepp: A destroyed and forgotten sanctuary in Mainz. The synagogue on Flachsmarktstrasse . In: The Mainz synagogues. An overview of the Mainz synagogue structures with additional articles on important Mainz rabbis, the old Jewish quarter and the libraries of the Jewish communities . Association for Social History, Mainz 2008, pp. 63–73.
- Ingrid Westerhoff: The orthodox synagogue on Flachsmarktstrasse by city architect Eduard Kreyssig . In: The Mainz synagogues. An overview of the Mainz synagogue structures with additional articles on important Mainz rabbis, the old Jewish quarter and the libraries of the Jewish communities . Association for Social History, Mainz 2008, pp. 75–87.