Synagogue (Lechenich)

The former synagogue in Lechenich

Inauguration of the synagogue in Lechenich , drawing by Jean Bungartz , Illustrirte Welt magazine , 1886

The synagogue in Lechenich , a district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district , was built in 1886 and was located at Judenstraße 8 . It was destroyed during the November pogrom in 1938 .

history

Before the synagogue was built, the Lechenich Jewish community owned a prayer room at Judengasse 43 , today's Judenstrasse 7 , which became too narrow for the larger Jewish community .

The newly built synagogue was inaugurated on September 10, 1886 by Rabbi Abraham Frank (1839–1917) from Cologne . The synagogue, a brick building with four towers, offered space for 60 men and 36 women. The construction was carried out by the Lechenich master mason Eberhard Popp. In order to achieve the desired orientation to the east, the building had to be erected with the long side parallel to the street. The entrance facade in the west had towers and domes at both corners and also to the right and left of the portal . There was a rose window above the portal . The entrance for the women was in a small annex on the south side, from where the women's gallery could be reached directly . The style elements show how B. also the arched windows , the prevailing predilection for oriental architecture at the time .

time of the nationalsocialism

The synagogue was set on fire on November 10, 1938 under the direction of the local farmer leader Peter Drove and the mayor Paul Geile . The walls were torn down by Russian prisoners of war during World War II . After 1945 a residential house was built over the property.

Commemoration

Memorial plaque on the former Jewish schoolhouse

A memorial plaque was put up on November 10, 1983 at the former Jewish school building, Judengasse 10 .

See also

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

literature

• Ludger Heid , Julius H. Schoeps and Marina Sassenberg (eds.): Guide through the Jewish Rhineland. With photos by Maren Heyne. Nicolai, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-87584-385-1 .
• Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 184-186 (contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1).

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 57.4 "  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 56.5"  E