Synagogue (Lohr am Main)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Former synagogue in Lohr am Main

The synagogue in Lohr am Main , a town in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart ( Bavaria ), was set up in a house built in 1732. The secular synagogue at Fischergasse 32 is a protected architectural monument .

history

On November 18, 1871, the synagogue with the community center was inaugurated by district rabbi Abraham Adler from Aschaffenburg . During the November pogrom in 1938 , the interior furnishings and the rituals of the synagogue were destroyed by SA men. The windows were smashed, furnishings and rituals smashed, and five Torah scrolls torn to pieces. After 1945 the building was converted into a residential building.

description

The two-storey mansard hipped roof building with a plastered half-timbered upper storey and drilled sandstone frames on the ground floor has a rear wing with boarded and painted window parapets.

See also

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).

Web links

Commons : Synagogue  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 36.9 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 41 ″  E