Synagogue (Eich)

Synagogue in Eich (2016)

Entrance facade

The synagogue in Eich , a local parish in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1890. The derelict synagogue at Altrheinstrasse 20 is a protected cultural monument .

history

A prayer room was probably already in place before the synagogue was built. The square brick building has a representative entrance facade with corner pilasters and a neo-Gothic portal with gable roofing. The mandatory boards are on the top of the gable of the hipped roof . The neo-Romanesque windows are spanned by round arches, which immediately reveal the former synagogue as a sacred building .

After most of the Jews moved away, the synagogue building was sold by the Jewish community in 1936. It was initially used as a storage room and later converted into a residential building. During the November pogrom of 1938 , the derelict synagogue was therefore not desecrated by the National Socialists.

literature

• 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 , pp. 144–145 ( memorial book of the synagogues in Germany 2).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Eich, Rheinhessen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Eich near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 3 ″  E