Synagogue (Kitzingen)
The former synagogue in Kitzingen , a town in the Lower Franconia administrative district of the Free State of Bavaria , was built in 1883 and is located at Landwehrstrasse 1. It is a protected monument.
history
In the 16th century there was a synagogue behind the moat in house no. 6 on Oberen Bachgasse. Since the mid-1870s, the Jewish community in Kitzingen has been collecting funds for the construction of a new synagogue with the help of a synagogue building fund. The solemn groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 31, the 1,882th The plans for the synagogue, a historic sandstone block building with brick in the arched style, come from the construction engineer Schneider from Kitzingen; the construction work was carried out by master builder Korbacher. The inauguration of the synagogue took place from September 7th to 9th, 1883.
The synagogue fell victim to the flames during the so-called Reichspogromnacht on November 10, 1938. A small prayer room reminds of their past.
Current condition
On May 19, 1993, the restored synagogue building was reopened as part of a program of visits by former Kitzingen Jews. Since then, the building has been used for cultural events such as concerts. There is a library on Judaism in the building .
architecture
The original synagogue was built in architectural styles from different eras and its design was based on the other synagogues built in Bavaria . The round arch style was dominant. The interior was dominated by the Moorish architecture , of which hardly anything could be seen outside.
Only the two tablets of the law on the gables and the inscription "Israelite house of prayer" above the portal gave clear indications of the use of the building as a Jewish house of worship. From the outside, the synagogue looks almost the same as it was originally built. The beige-gray limestone walls , in which red sandstone blocks are embedded for decoration , withstood the flames.
Before construction began, there were disputes between Rabbi Adler and other parishioners about the interior design. The position of the Almemor , the grating of the women's gallery and the arrangement of the women's pool divided the Kitzingen community.
Ritual bath
The mikvah of the Kitzingen community was built with the synagogue and was located on one side of the building. Its construction made the previous provisional facility at Oberen Kirchgasse 11 superfluous. Now groundwater could be tapped because of the nearby Main . It was not damaged in the fire and did not have to make way for the prisoner-of-war camp in the synagogue until 1942.
literature
- Israel Schwierz: Stone evidence of Jewish life in Bavaria. A documentation . Ed. from the Bavarian State Center for Political Education . Munich 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X , pp. 73-74.
- Elmar Schwinger: From Kitzingen to Izbica. Rise and catastrophe of the Main Franconian Israelite Community of Kitzingen . In: Doris Badel (ed.): Writings of the Kitzingen City Archives. Volume 9 . Kitzingen 2009. ISBN 978-3-924694-21-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See: Harald Knobling: The Synagogue in Kitzingen. History, shape, meaning .
- ^ Elmar Schwinger: From Kitzingen to Izbica . P. 59.
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '12.3 " N , 10 ° 9' 53.1" E