Synagogue (Dransfeld)
The former synagogue in Dransfeld , a town in the Göttingen district , was built around 1810 at Gerlandstrasse 7 and is a protected monument .
history
It is a small, almost square quarry stone building, clearly set back from the closed row development on Gerlandstrasse, which was rebuilt after the city fire of 1834. The front building of the synagogue was probably also lost in this fire and was not rebuilt; instead, the Jewish community set up a house across the street as a school building.
The synagogue was opened during the November pogroms 1938 by SA members from Hann. Münden devastated, their interior furnishings destroyed. The building was spared from being set on fire, as there was a risk of a large fire due to the narrow buildings. The Jewish community of Dransfeld was in the process of dissolution in 1938 and was forced to sell its real estate, including the synagogue.
The synagogue building was initially used as a gym, provisions depot and soup kitchen, until it served as the Catholic Church of the Seven Sorrows of Mary from 1951 . When the Catholic community received a new church in 1975, a memorial plaque was put up with the following inscription:
“This synagogue - built in 1810 - escaped the arson of the 9th XI. 1938. Those who prayed here were driven out or destroyed. Keep your legacy! 1951–1975 Chapel of the Catholic Community ”.
A carpenter's workshop has been located in the renovated building since 1986. This subsequent use led to a high level of substance preservation, which is unusual in comparison with the secular synagogues in southern Lower Saxony that were profane at the same time.
Preserved elements of the synagogue building
In the west, the women's gallery was retained, including the anteroom and entrance area. The classical, two-winged door from the vestibule to the interior is in situ . This makes the central axis of the entrance portal in the west - door to the main room - Torah shrine on the east wall comprehensible. From the outside, this former Torah shrine is clearly recognizable as a porch ( Auslucht ). At the staircase leading to the attic even part of the original painting was preserved. The interior also has its flat stucco ceiling, which seamlessly merges into the wall surfaces.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Three volumes. Gütersloher Verlagshaus , Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08035-2 . ( Online version )
- Thomas Kellmann: Synagogues in Einbeck and southern Lower Saxony - today. In: Einbecker Jahrbuch Vol. 49 (2004), pp. 49-74.
Web links
- On the history of the Jewish community in Dransfeld
- Traces of Jewish life in Dransfeld in the Göttinger Tageblatt from July 25, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Kellmann: Synagogues in Einbeck and southern Lower Saxony . S. 63 .
- ↑ St. Marien Dransfeld
- ↑ a b Thomas Kellmann: Synagogues in Einbeck and southern Lower Saxony - today . S. 64 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 13 ″ N , 9 ° 45 ′ 42 ″ E