Synagogue (Sandhausen)

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Former synagogue in Sandhausen

The former synagogue at Hauptstrasse 115 in Sandhausen , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg , was built as a Protestant church in 1755/57 and converted into a synagogue in 1867 .

history

In 1823 the Sandhaus Jews did not yet have a prayer hall, but instead visited the synagogues in Leimen or Wiesloch . The first Jewish prayer room in Sandhausen was set up in the Bahnhofstrasse 2 building acquired around 1845, where the Jewish school was also located.

In 1867, the Jewish community bought the Reformed Church , a simple baroque building , built between 1755 and 1757 for 2,000 guilders . District rabbi Salomon Fürst gave the dedication speech at the inauguration of the synagogue .

Since the number of members of the Jewish community had fallen sharply, the synagogue was bought by the political community with a notarized purchase agreement of October 25, 1938. During the November pogrom in 1938 , the interior of the synagogue was destroyed and the building was then used as a storage room.

After 1945, the local council wanted to demolish the building in order to improve the street layout at this point. After protests, it was agreed between the Council of the Israelites of Baden and the community of Sandhausen that a public library would be housed in the building and that the history of the church building and the fate of the synagogue would be pointed out. The renovation lasted from 1960 to 1962 and on May 10, 1962 the building was handed over as a meeting place. Since then, cultural events have been held here regularly.

A memorial stone next to the building has been commemorating the Jewish community since 1961.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 37 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 29 ″  E