Synagogue (Plau am See)

Former synagogue in Plau am See (2011)

The synagogue in Plau am See , a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in the south of Mecklenburg , was built in 1840. The synagogue at Strandstrasse 10, which has now been profaned, is a protected architectural monument .After the dissolution of the Jewish community, the building served as the Catholic St. Paul Church from 1921 to 2003 and then became private property.

history

The plastered building was built according to plans by the master builder Carl Voss. The synagogue was inaugurated on October 23, 1840. The last Jewish service took place in September 1904. Two years earlier, due to the lack of Jewish men, the Protestant local pastor August Wiegand had added the minyan required for a full service .

In April 1920 the Catholic manufacturer Paul Strauss from Essen acquired the building and gave it to the Catholic community. It used it as a place of worship for more than 80 years. The Torah shrine served as part of the altar .

In the years 1961/1962, the building was repaired without any consideration for the preservation of historical monuments and, in particular, the interior was changed considerably by installing new ceilings, floors and chairs. An extension on the south side ( sacristy ) tried in vain to prevent the southern foundation from sinking further. Further modifications completely changed the original substance of the windows and doors. Only the women's gallery and the former Torah shrine were largely preserved in their substance.

After 1990 the structural condition deteriorated further due to the settlement of the foundations, which in 2002 led to the closure by the building authorities. In 2005 the building was de-dedicated as a church building . It is now privately owned and empty.

The Torah shrine and the women's gallery were recovered and have since been kept in the collection on the Jewish history of Röbel / Müritz . Although there is currently no utilization concept, there is currently no risk of the building being demolished.

literature

Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. 3 volumes. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08035-2 ( online edition ).