Synagogue (Baiertal)

Postcard from around 1905 of Baiertal with the synagogue (building on the back left with the arched window) and the Jewish elementary school (smaller building in front of this)

The synagogue in Baiertal , a district of the city of Wiesloch in the Rhein-Neckar district ( Baden-Württemberg ), was built around 1805, set on fire in 1938 and demolished in 1940.

A pillar with a plaque

history

In 1804, the Baiertal Jewish community received approval to build a synagogue , which was built shortly afterwards on today's Synagogenplatz at the corner of Mühlstrasse and Pauline-Maier- Strasse. In 1839 the Jewish school was set up in a smaller building on the north side of the synagogue .

Memorial plaque by pillar

National Socialist Persecution

During the November pogrom in 1938 , SA men burned the interior furnishings and ritual objects in front of the building and set it on fire. The town council of Baiertal decided on November 23, 1938 to demolish the ruins. According to a further decision of March 20, 1939, the building blocks were to be used to drain the sports ground across from the former train station. On April 10, 1940, the community bought the synagogue site on which a milk collection point was built, which no longer exists today.

Commemoration

A pillar of the former synagogue stands today on Synagogenplatz and commemorates it with a plaque .

literature

Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 , pp. 518-520 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

Synagogue in Baiertal near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

49.30231 8.73894Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 8.3 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 20.2" E