Synagogue (Dillingen / Saar)
The synagogue in Dillingen / Saar , a town in the Saarlouis district in Saarland , was built in 1923/24. The former synagogue was located at Schlossstrasse 5.
history
In 1904 the Jewish community of Dillingen asked the authorities for permission to collect in favor of building a synagogue. According to plans by the architects Sommer and Schleich, a synagogue was finally built in 1923/24 by converting a residential building.
In 1935 the synagogue was sold after a large part of the parishioners left. Nevertheless, she was at the November pogrom on 9/10. Looted and set on fire November 1938.
A memorial stone for the destroyed synagogue was erected on November 9, 2003.
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 edition ).
- 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. 108–115.
Web links
Commons : Synagoge (Dillingen an der Saar) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '11 " N , 6 ° 43' 51.5" E