Synagogue (Oberlustadt)
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 Postcard with the synagogue (bottom left) in Oberlustadt (around 1920) |
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| place | Oberlustadt | |
| Architectural style | historicism | |
| Construction year | 1852 | |
| demolition | after 1945 | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 14 '31.2 " N , 8 ° 15' 56.1" E | |
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The synagogue in Oberlustadt , a district of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality Lustadt in the district of Germersheim , was built in 1851 and destroyed in the November pogrom in 1938 . The synagogue was at Röderstrasse 3, next to it was the Jewish school.
architecture
The historicist synagogue had a horseshoe-shaped portal on the west side . Above it was a triple window and in the gable a window designed as a Star of David . The synagogue had 120 places for men and 70 women in the gallery .
time of the nationalsocialism
During the November pogrom in 1938 the synagogue was set on fire by SA men from Landau in the Palatinate . The Torah scrolls and the Torah shrine were burned in front of the synagogue. The ruins of the former synagogue remained in place after 1945. In the 1970s, a residential building was built on the synagogue site.
See also
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. 240–241 (Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany, Vol. 2).
Web links
- Synagogue in Oberlustadt near Alemannia Judaica (with photos)
