Synagogue (Oberdollendorf)

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The synagogue in Oberdollendorf , a current district of the city of Königswinter in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district , was built in 1871/72. In the course of the November pogroms in 1938 , it was robbed and damaged by the National Socialists and then demolished in the spring of 1939. It was on Heisterbacher Strasse.

history

A Jewish prayer house in Oberdollendorf had already existed from 1813 in what was then the street “In der Hötte” (today Alte Winkelgasse ) in a Jewish private house; it was used by all Jews in the Oberkassel mayor's office . In 1865 a Jewish resident of the special community Oberdollendorf who died that year bequeathed 3,000 Reichstaler for the construction of a new synagogue. After the administration of the estate had been clarified, a plot of land was acquired in 1871 and construction began. On April 5, 1872, the synagogue was inaugurated in the presence of the mayor and community leader in a ceremony celebrated by Jews and Christians alike. It also served the Jews of the Königswinter special community . In 1906 the synagogue was renovated for 1,800 marks and a 46 m² plot of land was exchanged with the neighboring innkeeper Richarz to round off the forecourt.

In the course of the November pogroms in 1938, the entire interior of the synagogue, including the Torah scroll, was destroyed on the night of November 10th ; an attempted arson failed. The synagogue's plot of land was Aryanized by sale on February 26, 1939 , and it was demolished by April 1939 for a planned use as a lawn for the new owner's guesthouse. Since November 1981, a memorial plaque on the adjacent property at Heisterbacher Straße 116a has been pointing to the location of the former synagogue. In 2006/07 a model of the synagogue on a scale of 1:30 was made for an exhibition by the local Heimatverein in the Brückenhofmuseum on the basis of existing photographs and a floor plan as well as descriptions of contemporary witnesses.

  • Memorial plaque, Heisterbacher Strasse 116a (2015)

architecture

The synagogue was a rectangular brick building that was covered with blue slate. The gable side facing Heisterbacher Strasse measured 8.45 m and accommodated the entrance in the form of a round arched door, above which there was a large arched window to illuminate the women's gallery. The long sides were 11.7 m long and had coupled arched windows. The back had two ox-eye windows. On the roof there was a ridge turret with a Star of David. It was not possible to clarify without a doubt whether there was another arched window on the gable side of the ground floor to the left and right of the entrance door.

See also

literature

  • Manfred van Rey : Life and death of our Jewish fellow citizens in Koenigswinter: A book of remembrance (= City Koenigswinter, The City Director: Koenigswinter in history and present , issue 1, 1985). Pp. 52-57.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The former Jewish prayer house in Oberdollendorf , Virtual Bridge Courtyard Museum
  2. ↑ a b c Jews and Christians celebrated together . In: General-Anzeiger , April 7, 2012
  3. ^ Ansgar Sebastian Klein : Rise and Rule of National Socialism in the Siebengebirge . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-915-8 , p. 503. (also dissertation University of Bonn, 2007)
  4. ^ Elfi splendor : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I: Cologne District . (= Contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland , Vol. 34.1). Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , p. 528.
  5. ↑ Manfred van Rey: Life and death of our Jewish fellow citizens in Königswinter: A book of remembrance . P. 64.
  6. ↑ Manfred van Rey: Life and death of our Jewish fellow citizens in Königswinter: A book of remembrance . P. 70.
  7. ↑ a b Ansgar Sebastian Klein : Rise and Rule of National Socialism in the Siebengebirge . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-915-8 , p. 521 f. (also dissertation University of Bonn, 2007)
  8. ↑ Manfred van Rey: Life and death of our Jewish fellow citizens in Königswinter: A book of remembrance
  9. ↑ From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area - Königswinter-Oberdollendorf
  10. ^ Weinhaus Richarz with the synagogue in Oberdollendorf. Virtual Bridge Courtyard Museum
  11. ↑ a b Model of the Oberdollendorf synagogue. Virtual Bridge Courtyard Museum
  12. ^ Synagogue Oberdollendorf: land register plan , virtual bridge courtyard museum
  13. ↑ Partially destroyed on November 9, 1938: The synagogue in Oberdollendorf , Virtual Bridge Courtyard Museum

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 15.9 ″  E