Synagogue (Coesfeld)
The former synagogue in Coesfeld , a town in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Münsterland , was inaugurated as a Jewish place of worship in 1810. From 1966 to 2012 it served as a place of worship for the Coesfeld Baptist congregation. The synagogue is located at Weberstrasse 7. The building is a listed building .
history
The former synagogue was used for worship by the Coesfeld Jewish community , which has been documented since around 1670 . It remained undestroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 , as it had already come into private hands in 1938.
After damage during World War II , the building was restored from 1964 to 1966. It then served as the Evangelical Free Church community center under the name of Christ Church . In 2012, due to the strong increase in membership, the congregation acquired the former Martin Primary School on Brink , converted it into a church and sold the synagogue to the city of Coesfeld in 2013. The building now serves as a memorial and event location.
architecture
Inside there is a simple hall, in which the women's gallery and the frame for the Torah shrine are still preserved. The high arched windows reveal from the outside that it is a sacred building.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelical Free Church Community of Coesfeld (accessed on May 17, 2011) ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EFG-Coesfeld.de: About us ; accessed on August 30, 2018
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '47.6 " N , 7 ° 10' 9.2" E