Synagogue (Nentershausen)
The synagogue in Nentershausen , a municipality in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in the north-east of Hesse in Germany , was set up in an older half-timbered house around 1810 . The synagogue was on Unter den Linden , near the town hall and the post office.
In 1988, the laying of the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the former synagogue was celebrated in the open-air museum. Nevertheless, it took another two years to build. In April 1992 the plunge pool of the former mikveh with the stairs was set up, in June 1992 the topping-out ceremony took place. It was opened to the public in July 1996.
History and description
The one and a half story high hall building has a one-sided women's gallery . He is from a gable roof covered. An outside staircase to the left of the entrance leads to the gallery, which has a small window on the north and south sides.
After the renovation in 1925, the prayer room had 46 places for men and 24 places for women on the gallery. Services were held in the synagogue until after 1933 .
The interior of the synagogue was destroyed during the November pogrom in 1938 . Traces of this destruction are still on the preserved parts of the day in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued Toraschreins to see.
In 1939 the building went into private ownership. It was used as a warehouse, workshop and barn . In 1984 it was in such a bad condition that the monument authority gave the owner permission to demolish it. However, in 1986 the management of the Hessenpark museum in Neu-Anspach was interested in the former synagogue, so that the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the former synagogue could be celebrated in the open-air museum on the 50th anniversary of the November pogrom in 1938 . The construction was completed after two years. During the reconstruction, the former synagogue was restored to the state it was in after the last renovation in 1925. The destroyed gallery was reconstructed.
Mikveh
The former shepherd's house , which was bought by the Jewish community in 1885/86 and in which a mikveh (ritual bath) was set up, was connected to the synagogue building . The mikveh was also rebuilt in the Hessenpark.
literature
- Thea Altaras : Synagogues and Jewish ritual immersion baths in Hesse - What happened since 1945? 2nd edition, Königstein im Taunus 2007, ISBN 978-3-7845-7794-4 , pp. 130-131.
Web links
- Synagogue in Nentershausen near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
- Description of the synagogue near Hessenpark
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 46.9 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 1.4 ″ E