Barn synagogue Bechhofen
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The so-called barn synagogue in Bechhofen , a market in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach in Bavaria , was built around 1685. The former synagogue was on Synagogenplatz.
description
A barrel vault seven meters high and a floor space of around eight by nine meters rose above the wood-paneled prayer room . The prayer room for the female parishioners was connected to the main room and was separated by a diamond-shaped grille . There were living rooms above.
history
In 1732 the synagogue was beautifully painted by the Galician painter Eliezer Sussmann . The paintings were depictions of the Jerusalem temple and copies of Hebrew legal texts. Numerous valuable cult objects were kept in the synagogue, including a. a very old Torah scroll from the Jewish community in Herrieden , which was dissolved in 1681 , several old Torah pennants and the memorandum of the Jewish community from 1729.
During the time of National Socialism , the first desecration occurred in November 1936 when the synagogue and several Jewish houses were smeared with red paint. Although the synagogue was listed , it was burned down with its precious rituals during the November pogrom on November 9, 1938. The ruin was removed a little later. The synagogue property came into the possession of the municipality of Bechhofen.
In the 1980s, a memorial was set up on the property. A memorial stone with an inscription plaque was placed in the middle.
See also
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 ).
Web links
- Synagogue in Bechhofen near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
- Barn synagogue Bechhofen at the Nuremberg Institute for Nazi Research and Jewish History of the 20th Century
Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 30.1 ″ N , 10 ° 32 ′ 54.4 ″ E