Synagogue (Innsbruck)
The Innsbruck Synagogue is the synagogue of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde for Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Innsbruck in the Austrian state of Tyrol .
history
Since the 14th century, Innsbruck's Jewish community has mainly consisted of individual families who were allowed to live in the city at irregular intervals with privileges that were bought at a high price. The closest functioning Jewish community was that of Hohenems , where there was both a synagogue and a rabbi who kept records. Only the constitutional laws of 1867 made it possible for Jewish citizens in the monarchy to freely choose their place of residence.
Old synagogue
In 1910 the Israelite Congregation in Innsbruck rented several rooms at Sillgasse 15 as a prayer room . From the beginning, the space was too tight for the community. Today there is no known photo of the interior of this makeshift synagogue.
In 1912 the community acquired a plot of land in Gutenbergstrasse in the Saggen district for the construction of a synagogue. The money saved for the construction was lost because the community invested the credit in a war loan at the beginning of the First World War . In 1930 the finances of the community were reorganized and the architect Franz Baumann was commissioned to plan the synagogue in Saggen. The plans were not carried out, however, and the building site was sold again in 1936.
During the November pogroms of 1938 , on the night of pogroms from November 9th to 10th, 1938, the majority of the board of directors of the religious community was murdered. The interior of the building at Sillgasse 15 was devastated and the inventory was carried off to Vienna. A bomber attack the Allies in the Second World War came in 1943, the house in the Sillgasse 15, 1962, was finally demolished and on the site emerged parking. A memorial stone reminded of the synagogue.
New synagogue
In 1983 the city planned to build a residential building. In further discussions between the city, the state of Tyrol, Bishop Reinhold Stecher and the community, the idea was born to build a synagogue on the site again. In 1993, after the foundation stone was laid in 1991, the synagogue was inaugurated with a large festival.
Building
Above the door post of the entrance it says "Build me this house and I will live in it". The vaulted ceiling of the synagogue shows the starry sky on March 21, 1993, the day of the inauguration. The rest of the prayer room is clad with natural marble. There is a Torah shrine on the east wall . The Torah scrolls are from Prague. The Torah curtain is from 1899 and was made and donated by Innsbruck women for the old synagogue. The Hanukkah candlesticks are a gift from the old bishop Stecher.
The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde is based in Innsbruck and in 2012 consisted of around 150 people.
literature
- Achrainer, Martin, The Synagogue, in: Gabriele Rath / Andrea Sommerauer / Martha Verdorfer, Bozen Innsbruck. Contemporary city tours, Vienna / Bozen 2000, pp. 104–108. (not evaluated)
Web links
- Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck - Memorial Sites of National Socialism - Innsbruck Synagogue
- Jewish Community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg - History ( Memento from November 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde for Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Innsbruck (Austria) and its synagogue , in: Alemannia Judaica
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 5.4 " N , 11 ° 23 ′ 58.2" E
