Synagogue (Alsenz)
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 Synagogue in Alsenz (around 1930) |
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| place | Alsenz | |
| architect | possibly Johann Friedrich von Sckell | |
| Architectural style | Late baroque | |
| Construction year | 1765 | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 43 '22.1 " N , 7 ° 48' 41.5" E | |
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The synagogue in Alsenz , a local community in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in the 1760s. The secular synagogue at Kirchberg 1 is a protected cultural monument .
history
The late baroque hipped roof building made of colored sandstone was inaugurated in 1765 and had the inscription above its entrance: "This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous will enter there (Psalm 118:20)." The school and the teacher's apartment were also located in the building. there was a mikveh in the rear . The architect was possibly Johann Friedrich von Sckell.
In 1933 the synagogue building was sold by the Jewish community to a local farmer who used it as a storage shed.
The Torah shrine is now in the Palatinate History Museum in Speyer .
During the renovation work on the synagogue building in the 1980s, a geniza was discovered in the attic .
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 ).
- Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany 2), pp. 69–72.
Web links
- Alsenz synagogue near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
- Geniza project Alsenz at the University of Mainz
