Synagogue (Munzenberg)

Synagogue in Munzenberg

The synagogue in Munzenberg , a town in the Wetterau district in Hesse , was built between 1843 and 1848. The secular synagogue with the address Am Junkernhof 14 is a protected monument .

history

The two-story massive stone building with a gable roof faces the street on the gable side. The synagogue had 120 seats including the two women's galleries .

The interior of the synagogue was destroyed during the November pogrom in 1938 . The building then became the property of the city, which converted it into a fire station .

Todays use

In 2003 the Freundeskreis der Burg und Stadt Münzenberg eV presented a renovation and utilization concept for the synagogue building. In 2005, the Munzenberg city council decided to renovate the former synagogue. On May 29, 2009 the building was inaugurated as the Old Synagogue Culture House .

See also

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

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 version ).
• Thea Altaras : Synagogues and Jewish ritual immersion baths in Hesse - What happened since 1945? 2nd edition, Königstein im Taunus 2007, ISBN 978-3-7845-7794-4 , p. 388.

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Munzenberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Former. Synagogue In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
• Description at Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 5.5 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 27.3 ″  E