Synagogue (Heppenheim an der Wiese)

Postcard from Heppenheim with synagogue (bottom right)

The synagogue in Heppenheim an der Wiese , today a district of Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1911. The synagogue was at 103 Dorfgrabenstrasse.

history

The synagogue of the Jewish community in Horchheim , built in 1847 and last used by the Protestant church, had been vacant since 1908 . In 1911 the Jewish community in Heppenheim bought this synagogue building for 2,000 marks. The building was demolished and all usable material was brought to Heppenheim. The inauguration of the synagogue took place on 17./18. November 1911.

The synagogue was burned down during the November pogrom in 1938 and demolished a little later. The property went into private ownership and is now newly built.

See also

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

literature

• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem (ed.): "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Mainz 2005, pp. 405-406.

Web links

• Synagogue Heppenheim an der Wiese near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 36 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 42.5 ″  E