Synagogue (Bad Ems)
The synagogue in Bad Ems , the district town of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate , was a synagogue that was built in 1837 and devastated during the November pogroms in 1938 . The synagogue was at Römerstrasse 65.
history
The Jewish community of Bad Ems already owned a synagogue or a prayer room at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1837 a new synagogue was built on today's property at Römerstrasse 65. The Frankfurt banking house Rothschild gave a grant of 500 guilders . In 1887 the synagogue was renovated and expanded as more seats were urgently needed.
On November 10, 1938, the synagogue was desecrated by SA men and the interior was destroyed. In March 1939 the building became the property of the city. In 1953 a private individual bought the property and had the former synagogue demolished in order to build a residential and commercial building.
architecture
The synagogue in Bad Ems was about 18 m long and 11 m wide gabled hall structure . The entrance facade was by Eck pilasters framed and with a bow fries on the verge provided. The two-winged portal with a coffered door was enclosed by a round arch in which an oculus was set. On the eaves sides there were small rectangular windows and in the front long side a door, which was probably the entrance to the women's gallery .
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. 88-87 (Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany, Vol. 2).
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Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 3 " N , 7 ° 42 ′ 55.7" E