Synagogue (Bad Orb)
The synagogue in Bad Orb , a town in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse , was inaugurated in 1870 or 1871. The building at Solpatz 1, which has been heavily modified today, is a protected architectural monument .
history
A prayer hall or synagogue was set up in Orb by the end of the 18th century at the latest . Around 1850 the Jewish community planned a new building and bought two houses on Solplatz. These were converted into a synagogue.
During the Nazi era , the synagogue was sold to a non-Jewish family in August 1938 in connection with the dissolution of the Jewish community. As a result, the synagogue was spared from destruction during the November pogrom in 1938 . The synagogue building was converted into a residential and commercial building.
description
The two-storey massive building had its main entrance on Solplatz. A staircase led from the entrance area to the gallery and the teacher's apartment on the upper floor. The ritual bath ( mikveh ) was located in the basement . On the first floor was the classroom to the left of the entrance and the prayer room to the right.
Commemoration
Opposite the synagogue, a memorial stone was erected on Solplatz in November 2002 in memory of the Jewish population.
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 ).
- Thea Altaras : Synagogues and Jewish ritual immersion baths in Hesse - What happened since 1945? 2nd edition, Königstein im Taunus 2007, ISBN 978-3-7845-7794-4 , pp. 326–327.
- Waltraud Friedrich: Cultural monuments in Hessen. Main-Kinzig district II.1. Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Birstein, Brachttal, Freigericht. Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , Theiss, Wiesbaden / Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2469-6 , pp. 142–143 ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ).
Web links
- Synagogue Bad Orb near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
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