Synagogue (Moringen)

The former synagogue in Moringen is a half-timbered building in the Northeim district, inaugurated in the summer of 1838 and used as a synagogue until 1937 .

Building description

It is a free-standing building in the center of the village at the end of a cul-de-sac (Schneehof 1). The synagogue had a footprint of about 8 × 10 meters. There were three large window strips on each of the long sides in the north and south; the main entrance was centrally located on the west side and exactly opposite was the Torah shrine on the east wall. All of this can still be seen today in the framework of the outer walls.

Conversion as a residential building

The repression of the Nazi dictatorship also led to the fact that the Jewish community dissolved in Moringen and its members emigrated to urban centers. The Moring synagogue was sold as early as 1937 and from then on it was used as a residential building by removing the gallery, adding a false ceiling and inserting small windows instead of the high synagogue windows. The building was not affected by the November pogroms in 1938 .

Web links

• Topography of Memory: Moringen

literature

• Thomas Kellmann: Synagogues in Einbeck and South Lower Saxony - today, in: Einbecker Jahrbuch Vol. 49 (2004), pp. 49–74.

Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 59.2 "  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 10.5"  E