Synagogue (Sulzbach-Rosenberg)

The Sulzbach Synagogue is a monument in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and was the synagogue of the Sulzbach Jewish community until 1930 .

description

Preserved original portal of the synagogue

Shortly before the completion of the renovation work (September 9, 2012)

Status of the renovation work in October 2011

After the Sulzbach city fire of 1822, the synagogue was rebuilt as a hall building on the basis of the burned down baroque predecessor building in the classical style . It was inaugurated in 1824. The architect of the Prague synagogue , Alfred Grotte, described it in 1913 as “one of the most beautiful synagogue buildings in Bavaria, perhaps even in Germany.” The buildings, especially those from the 1950s, were reversed as part of a renovation from 2010 to 2013 and their original condition restored. During the preliminary investigation for the renovation, interesting finds such as the corner pilasters or the cornice in the form of a "Greek" meander and a wedding stone on the north facade came to light.

history

Until the first synagogue was built in Sulzbach in 1687, the Jewish community of Sulzbach met in a prayer room set up by the Jewish Bloch family. Due to the poor structural condition, it was replaced by a new baroque building in today's Synagogenstrasse in 1737. In the town fire of 1822 it burned down. Financed by donations, today's building was inaugurated on August 31, 1824. After being the center of the Sulzbach community for over a hundred years, it was given up in 1930 and sold to the city of Sulzbach for a symbolic price.

The Jewish community was now reduced to a very small group. The sale was made on the condition that the synagogue building could only be used for cultural purposes. Therefore, the Sulzbach local history museum was set up there. This fact saved the synagogue from destruction during the November pogroms in 1938 . After 1945, the synagogue building was confiscated and transferred to the JRSO organization , which administered the assets of Jewish victims of National Socialism without heirs. They sold the building to private individuals in 1950, who converted it into a residential building in 1951. The original substance was largely retained. From 2008 to 2013, the synagogue was renovated as a monument and converted into a meeting center , with funding from the Bavarian State Foundation and the LEADER program. At the inauguration ceremony on January 31, 2013, Charlotte Knobloch, representative of the World Jewish Congress, and the Bavarian State Secretary for Culture Bernd Sibler spoke to the guests.

literature

Heribert Barzel: Sulzbach-Rosenberg - Art and Art Centers , Schnell & Steiner, Munich and Zurich 1968.
Andreas Angersdorfer: Jewish life in Sulzbach , in: Elisabeth Vogl, Johannes Hartmann (Ed.): Eisenerz and Morgenglanz . Amberg 1999, ISBN 978-3924350666 .
Michael Trüger et al .: Former Sulzbach synagogue. Festschrift for the opening on January 31, 2013. (Series of publications by the Stadtmuseum and Stadtarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg 30) 2013. ISBN 978-3-9814093-3-8 .