Synagogue (Laufersweiler)

Former synagogue in Laufersweiler

The synagogue in Laufersweiler , a local community in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1910/11. It is located at Kirchgasse 6. In 1985 the synagogue was listed as a historical monument .

history

An older synagogue, which was probably built after 1825, was destroyed in a fire in 1839. Then a new synagogue was built from 1840 to 1844. When it became dilapidated , the Jewish community of Laufersweiler built a new synagogue in 1910/11 based on designs by the Hirschfeld master builder Nikolaus Elz , which was inaugurated on June 1 and 2, 1911.

During the November pogrom in 1938 , the interior of the synagogue was completely devastated by SA men from Laufersweiler and the surrounding area, but not set on fire because of the danger to neighboring houses.

In September 1955 the community of Laufersweiler bought the former synagogue. A laundry and freezer were installed on the ground floor and a classroom was built in the basement. Today there is a museum for the Jewish history of the Hunsrück in the renovated former synagogue .

architecture

The historicist style synagogue is a two-storey solid building with a length of 11.70 m and a width of 9.80 m. The southern long side facing Kirchgasse has three simple arched windows on the upper floor and three coupled arched windows on the lower floor . The northern side front has two simple and two coupled arched windows. The building has pilasters in the longitudinal fronts, which protrude like a tower over the eaves , and on the west side stone attachments in the shape of a tail hood on a coffered, octagonal base. A star of David crowns the west gable .

See also

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

literature

• "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Edited by Stefan Fischbach u. a., ed. from the State Office for Monument Preservation Rhineland-Palatinate u. a., Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 231-233 (Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany, Vol. 2).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Laufersweiler)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Laufersweiler synagogue near Alemannia Judaica
• Support group synagogue Laufersweiler e. V.
• Report by a Jewish Resident (Henry Joseph; in English) (Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, accessed April 5, 2015)

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 50.9 "  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 26.4"  E