Synagogue (Bouxwiller)

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Bouxwiller Synagogue
Interior view with Torah shrine

The Synagogue of Bouxwiller , a French parish in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region , is a former place of worship that is now used as a museum. The building, which has been a listed building ( Monument historique ) since 1984, is located on Grand Rue.

history

The Lords of Hanau-Lichtenberg allowed Jews to settle in Bouxwiller . Up until the French Revolution there was a Talmud school ( Yeshiva ) and a Jewish court of law ( Beth Din ) in the village.

The synagogue was built in 1842 on the spot where a synagogue had stood since the 18th century. During the Second World War , a cardboard box factory was set up in the synagogue and the interior was rebuilt.

After 1945, the survivors of the Bouxwiller Jewish community set up a small prayer room in the building and held their services there until 1956 . In 1984 the synagogue was to be demolished because the three Jewish families in the village could no longer maintain the building. To prevent this from happening, those interested founded the Association des Amis du Musée Judéo-Alsacien de Bouxwiller (AMJAB) with the aim of setting up a museum in the building.

Finally, in 2000, the museum ( Musée Judéo-Alsacien de Bouxwiller ) was opened, which tries to present the Jewish history and culture in the Bas-Rhin department.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 32.2 "  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 48.8"  E