Synagogue (Puderbach)

Postcard with the synagogue in Puderbach (1911)

The synagogue in Puderbach , a local community in the Neuwied district , was built in 1910/11. The synagogue was on Barentoner Strasse, right next to the railway line.

history

The synagogue, which was built by the building contractor Johann-Philipp Spies from Puderbach, was ceremoniously inaugurated on August 4th and 5th, 1911. It had a footprint of 9 by 7 meters and had high arched windows on the sides. On the west facade it had a porch with a staircase leading to the women's gallery .

During the November pogrom in 1938 , the synagogue was burned down by SS men. The ruin was demolished a short time later and the property was sold.

Commemoration

On November 10, 1979, a memorial plaque was placed on the cemetery chapel in memory of the Jewish residents and the synagogue of Puderbach .

In November 2012, a memorial plaque was placed on the back of the Puderbach Sparkasse building as a reminder that the synagogue was located at this location.

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945
• Jewish cemetery (Puderbach)

literature

• "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Edited by Stefan Fischbach u. a., ed. from the State Office for Monument Preservation Rhineland-Palatinate u. a., Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 316–317 (Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany, Vol. 2).

Web links

• Synagogue in Puderbach near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 53 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 40 ″  E