Synagogue (Metz)

Synagogue in Metz

The synagogue in Metz , a French city ​​in the historic Lorraine region , was built between 1847 and 1850. The synagogue at 39 rue du Rabbin-Elie-Bloch has been classified as a Monument historique since 1984 .

history

The city of Metz, with the seat of the Consistoire Metz , had a growing Jewish community in the 19th century, which is why the main synagogue and other private prayer houses had become too small. For the construction of the new synagogue, two private houses were bought and demolished in order to build a large new building in the neo-Romanesque style according to plans by the architect Nicolas-Maurice Derobe (1792–1880).

During the German occupation in World War II , the synagogue was profaned and the interior was devastated. After the liberation, services were held again in the synagogue at the end of 1944 .

architecture

The 40 meter long and 20 meter wide synagogue can be reached via six steps on the main facade. Five doors serve as the entrance, the outer one for the women and the other three for the men, with round arches above. The facade is structured on all sides by pilasters on which the round arches rest over the windows of the first floor.

See also

• Jewish cemetery (Metz)
• List of the monuments historiques in Metz

Web links

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

• Communauté Israélite de Metz (French, accessed May 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Synagogue de Metz in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '23.7 "  N , 6 ° 10' 49.8"  E