Synagogue (Bruchsal)

Former synagogue in Bruchsal

Interior view of the synagogue

The synagogue in Bruchsal , a town in the Karlsruhe district in northern Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1880/81 and destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 .

history

The modern Jewish community of Bruchsal initially had a prayer room in a private house. The building at Huttenstrasse 2 was destroyed in the Second World War.

In 1802 a separate synagogue building was built on the property at Friedrichstrasse 78. Since this synagogue had become too small for the growing number of parishioners in the course of the 19th century, it was decided in 1878 to build a new one at the same location. The foundation stone was laid on June 10, 1880 and the inauguration took place on September 16, 1881. The architects were Jakob Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert from Heidelberg .

time of the nationalsocialism

During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue was set on fire and destroyed.

architecture

The synagogue was built in the neo-renaissance style. The facade was reminiscent of the Tempietto of Donato Bramante in Rome and had similarities with the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem . This was seen as an image of the Jerusalem temple.

From 1926 to 1928 the entire interior of the synagogue was painted by the Bruchsal-born painter Leo Kahn (1894–1983).

The wrought iron grille with flanking candlesticks in front of the dais of the Torah shrine was the work of the artist Benno Elkan (1877–1960).

The synagogue had women's galleries and an organ . Due to the location of the property, the visitor entered the synagogue from the east and had to pass the Torah shrine, which he turned his back to.

Commemoration

After 1945 a fire station was built on the synagogue's property . In 1966 a memorial plaque was put up for the synagogue. In 2000 a new plaque was unveiled.

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 , pp. 66-69 ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).
• Jürgen Stude: History of the Jews in Bruchsal . Publishing house Regionalkultur, Heidelberg u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-441-8 , ( publications on the history of the city of Bruchsal 23).
• Franz-Josef Ziwes (Ed.): Baden synagogues from the time of Grand Duke Friedrich I in contemporary photographs . G. Braun, Karlsruhe 1997, ISBN 3-7650-8177-9 , pp. 62-65.

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Bruchsal)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Bruchsal near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 26.8 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 42.2"  E