Simmering Temple
The Simmering Temple , also known as the Simmering Synagogue , was a club synagogue in the 11th Viennese district Simmering ( Braunhubergasse 7). The synagogue was built between 1898 and 1899 according to plans by Jakob Gartner and destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 .
history
Jewish families who lived in Simmering founded the temple association for the XI in August 1891 . District: Simmering , who had set himself the goal of building his own synagogue. On December 2, 1898, the foundation stone was laid for the synagogue at Braunhubergasse 7, which was built by city architect Edmund Melcher according to plans by the architect Jakob Gartner . The temple was dedicated on August 24, 1899.
After Austria's " annexation " to the National Socialist German Reich in March 1938, religious cult objects were already confiscated from the Simmering synagogue in April 1938. During the November pogroms on November 10, 1938, the synagogue was destroyed by the National Socialists . The 89th SS Standard was also involved . The ruin was subsequently expropriated and handed over to the NSDAP standstill commissioner for organizations, clubs and associations . On December 15, 1938, the notice of demolition for the destroyed synagogue in Simmering was issued and the ruins were demolished immediately afterwards.
Since November 2003, a memorial in the Braunhubergasse / Hugogasse area has been commemorating the destroyed temple. The two meter high memorial stone was created according to plans by Leopold Grausam by employees of the City of Vienna's stonemasonry workshop, using Mauthausen granite and granite from Sweden .
building
The Simmering Synagogue stood free on three sides and was designed as a three-aisled building. The vestibule led directly to the central prayer room and to the right and left to the galleries. The floor plan of the prayer room in the central nave was laid out as a square and offered seats for 249 men. There were 133 seats available for the women in the galleries, which were supported by four iron columns clad with cord piles . The interior was decorated with stucco .
The structure of the outer facade on the western front showed parallels to the Humboldtgasse synagogue . The western front was dominated by the central risalit , which was bordered by a triangular gable and adorned with a romanizing round window and round arch frieze. The side elevations, however, were much lower and only covered with flat roofs. The synagogue had no towers or domes; possibly to save money.
literature
- Herbert Exenberger : Like the little group of Maccabees. The Jewish community in Simmering 1848–1945. Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85476-292-8 ( series Jewish communities ).
- Pierre Genée: Vienna Synagogues 1825–1938. Löcker, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-85409-113-3 .
- Martin Kukacka: Virtual reconstruction of the synagogue in Vienna IX, Braunhubergasse 7 by Jakob Gartner. Diploma thesis TU-Vienna. Vienna 2004.
- Bob Martens , Herbert Peter: The destroyed synagogues of Vienna. Virtual city walks . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85476-313-0 .
Web links
- Martin Kukacka: Virtual reconstruction of the synagogue in Vienna XI, Braunhubergasse 7 by Jakob Gartner Diploma thesis at the Vienna University of Technology 2004 (pdf; 2.4 MB; accessed on March 11, 2010)
- Bob Martens: Reconstruction of the synagogue in Braunhubergasse In: David. Jewish culture magazine . Issue 68, April 2006.
- Press release on the unveiling of the memorial
- Jewish places of worship in Vienna before 1938
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 15 ″ N , 16 ° 25 ′ 1 ″ E