Synagogue (Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz)
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Spolie of the synagogue in Herxheim, above the memorial plaque |
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place | Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz | |
architect | August from Voit | |
Construction year | 1841-1842 | |
demolition | 1938 | |
Floor space | Main room: 150 m² | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 8 '46 " N , 8 ° 12' 49.8" E | |
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The synagogue in Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz , a local community in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1841/42. The synagogue was at 18 Obere Hauptstrasse.
History and description
The well-known architect August von Voit (1801–1870) was commissioned to plan the synagogue . He designed a Jewish community center for Herxheim, with the teacher's apartment and the Jewish school, the synagogue, set back behind two five-meter-wide single-storey houses. The main room of the synagogue was 15 by 10 m. The women's gallery was accessible from the vestibule .
At the end of the 19th century, the synagogue's furnishings were partially renewed. In 1923/24 the two front buildings were connected to one another, added floors and converted into a residential building.
During the November pogrom in 1938 , the synagogue was desecrated by the National Socialists and the interior was completely destroyed. A little later, Mayor Knecht ordered the synagogue to be demolished. The demolition costs were paid when the municipality bought the property.
Commemoration
Since 1988 there has been a memorial plaque at the location of the synagogue together with a found ornamental stone from the Almemor or Torah shrine .
See also
literature
- Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 183-184 ( memorial book of the synagogues in Germany 2).