Synagogue (Bonfeld)

The synagogue in Bonfeld , today a district of Bad Rappenau in the Heilbronn district , was built around 1780 and destroyed in 1938.

history

The Jewish community of Bonfeld experienced a sharp increase in membership in the second half of the 18th century. Therefore a synagogue was built around 1780 . It consisted of two rooms on the first floor of a residential building on today's property at Rappenauer Straße 4. Even when the Jewish community of Bonfeld was a subsidiary of the Jewish community of Massenbachhausen from 1832 to 1865 , the service was regularly held in the Bonfeld synagogue, since Massenbachhausen was two hours was away.

National Socialist Persecution

During the November pogrom of 1938 , the interior of the synagogue was destroyed by SA men and Jewish men were severely mistreated. After November 1938 the synagogue building was sold and demolished.

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer , Hans Georg Frank: Jewish communities in the district and city of Heilbronn. History, fates, documents . Heilbronn district, Heilbronn 1986 ( series of publications of the Heilbronn district . Volume 1).
• 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. 31–32 ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

• Synagogue in Bonfeld near Alemannia Judaica (with photos)

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '50.75 "  N , 9 ° 5' 40.8"  E