Synagogue (Marktbreit)
The synagogue in Marktbreit was the place of worship for the local Israelite community.
history
Since 1642 the holding of Israelite services in Marktbreit was permitted by letter of protection . A first synagogue was built in the 17th century. This church, which stood close to Seinsheim Castle , existed until 1714; it was destroyed by fire.
The new synagogue was to be built elsewhere, in the Jewish residential area. It was financed for the most part by Samson Wertheimer in Vienna , to whom numerous parishioners were related: Around half of the more than 150 Jewish residents who lived in Marktbreit at the beginning of the 18th century were members of the Wertheimer and Oppenheimer family associations.
The inauguration of this second synagogue at Pförtleinsgasse 10 took place in 1717. After extensive restoration, the building, now in the Byzantine style, was inaugurated again on June 27, 1885. It also included space for the school and a teacher's house and in the basement of a mikveh .
In the course of the November pogrom , the synagogue was supposed to be set on fire by SS people from Kitzingen . To avoid endangering the surrounding houses, however, the mayor, police commander and fire department prevented the arson. The SS people demolished the interior and some of the ritual objects. Furthermore, some Jews were forced to transport prayer books etc. on a cart and take them to an empty shop. Books and money from the school's property were delivered to the town hall; the Jewish elementary school and the teacher's apartment were not destroyed. The Jewish school was sealed by the SS.
After the synagogue was desecrated, the Jews were rounded up in the market place and insulted in the market place.
In 1945 the synagogue building was converted into a residential and commercial building. The east facade with the wall protrusion for the Torah shrine and a walled-up round window has been preserved.
Next to the former rear entrance there is a memorial plaque for the Jewish fallen in World War I from Marktbreit as well as another plaque for the Jewish citizens of the city murdered in the course of the Holocaust . A fragment of the Tora gable made of sandstone is now in the Mainfränkisches Museum in Würzburg . It shows two lions flanking the tablet with the Ten Commandments .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the city's website ( memento of the original from October 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In 1636 Jews were admitted to the city by Franz von Hatzfeld for protection money.
- ↑ Julia Haarmann, Guardian of Tradition. Memory and identity in the self-testimony of Pinchas Katzenellenbogen (1691–1767) , Göttingen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 2013, ISBN 978-3-525-57023-4 , p. 56
- ^ History of the synagogue at www.alemannia-judaica.de
- ↑ Toragiebelfragment on flickr.com
Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '59.7 " N , 10 ° 8' 40.9" E