Synagogue (Freinsheim)

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place	Freinsheim
Architectural style	classicism
Construction year	1846
Coordinates	49 ° 30 '21.4 "  N , 8 ° 12' 33"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '21.4 "  N , 8 ° 12' 33"  E

The synagogue in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Freinsheim existed as a Jewish sacred building from 1846 to 1894. The building still exists today and, despite renovations, was placed under a preservation order in 1985 . It is registered as a cultural monument in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Geographical location

The building, which is now used as a clubhouse, is in Judengasse south of the main street and west of the historic city wall.

history

The first Jews in the area can be documented around 1700. However, their number was limited to two families at the Electoral Palatinate sub-office. Only 100 years later, during the French period, was it possible for other families to move in. In 1801 there were 19 Jewish residents, in 1808 there were 34. In the Bavarian period since 1816, their number continued to rise. 1825 will be 48 and ten years later the peak was reached with 65 people. By 1876, however, 40 percent had left Freinsheim and the number had dropped to 39. In addition to the emigration, the city of Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen am Rhein , which received city rights in 1859, were the main attractions . On January 1, 1894, the Freinsheim Jewish community was dissolved. As a result, the number of Jewish residents in 1910 fell to three who were assigned to the community in Kallstadt .

In 1815 a prayer room in one of the Jewish houses was first mentioned in 1815. Outside the city walls, the synagogue was built in front of the main gate in 1846. Due to emigration, the community had difficulties in reaching the minyan of ten men of religious age in the 1880s . On May 12, 1887, the Freinsheim Jews published the following advertisement in the magazine “ Der Israelit ”:. Poor Jews were invited to move to Freinsheim or at least to attend regular church services. In the edition of the "Israelit" of May 12, 1887 one could read: “Freinsheim (Bavarian Rhine Palatinate). By moving away, the local Israelite community has become so small that there is already no need to hold minyan asara (ten minyan) to hold church services. Should poorer Israelites decide to move here, they can count on the support of their local co-religionists. - It would be desirable for four poor Israelites to come here for the holidays to enable the public worship. ”Soon afterwards, the services in the synagogue were stopped. The building was offered to the public in 1894 and sold to the local community; the synagogue in Kallstadt was renovated with the proceeds of 1,500 marks .

In 1966 the community used the building as a kindergarten. Then the men's choir (MGV 1846) converted it into a clubhouse with a modern extension.

Building

The synagogue was built in the classicism style. Today there are three outer walls and the old arrangement of the round windows, some of which were bricked up. Overall, it is a characteristically classical building. The Toranische was on the street side below the semicircular window in the middle.

Web links

• Alemannia Judaica : Freinsheim ... Jewish history / Synagogue (as of April 10, 2017)
• Jewish religious community in the Rheinpfalz: Synagogues D – F. 39.2 Freinsheim, 21 Bad Dürkheim district.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Minjan asara means ten minyan and is written in Hebrew script.