Synagogue (Plauen)

Memorial plaque at the site of the destroyed synagogue

The synagogue in Plauen was consecrated in 1930 as the penultimate larger synagogue in Germany before the Nazis came to power in 1933. It was destroyed in the pogrom night in 1938 .

history

The synagogue was built according to plans by the Jewish architect Fritz Landauer from Augsburg and stood on the corner plot of Engelstrasse / Senefelderstrasse. The foundation stone was laid on July 7, 1929 . Despite the onset of the global economic crisis , the church was consecrated on April 6, 1930. In the course of the November pogroms, the National Socialists burned the building down on November 10, 1938. Since 1988 a plaque has been commemorating the location of the destroyed synagogue.

Building description

The building was built in the New Objectivity style. The previously common room concept, in which a strict separation between cult and community spaces was observed, did not come to fruition in Plauen. The distinction between the two types of room was only expressed by the fact that the sacred room was plastered white and rested on a red-brown brick building. The interior was largely plain. Only the east wall was adorned with a sgraffito with Jewish symbols.

literature

Sabine Klotz: Fritz Landauer (1883–1968). Life and work of a Jewish architect. (= Writings of the Architecture Museum Swabia . Volume 4 ). Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-496-01247-4 .
Carol Herselle Krinsky: Europe's synagogues. Architecture, history and meaning. Stuttgart 1988, p. 298 f.
Harold Hammer-Schenk: The architecture of the synagogue from 1780–1933. In: Hans-Peter Schwarz (ed.): The architecture of the synagogue. (Exhibition catalog of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main) Stuttgart 1988, p. 281 f.

Web links

Presentation of the reconstruction of the synagogue on the website of the Technical University of Darmstadt
Style-defining synagogue architecture. The German-Jewish architect Fritz Landauer in Augsburg. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 28, 2001.
The architect Fritz Landauer. Synagogue construction and projects in Fürth and Nuremberg. Exhibition in the Jewish Museum Fürth, 2002/2003.

Individual evidence

↑ Walter G. Tümpner (ed.): Chronicle - From the history of the city of Plauen . 4th edition. Sachsdruck Plauen, Plauen 2014, p. 23 .
↑ Overview of memorials on the website of the city of Plauen. Retrieved October 20, 2014 .
^ Technical University of Darmstadt and others (ed.): Synagogues in Germany. A virtual reconstruction . Birkhäuser, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7643-7034-3 , p. 138-144 ( online edition ).

50.497122 12.123943Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 49.6 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 26.2 ″ E

[1] Walter G. Tümpner (ed.): Chronicle - From the history of the city of Plauen . 4th edition. Sachsdruck Plauen, Plauen 2014, p. 23 .

[2] Overview of memorials on the website of the city of Plauen. Retrieved October 20, 2014 .

[3] Technical University of Darmstadt and others (ed.): Synagogues in Germany. A virtual reconstruction . Birkhäuser, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7643-7034-3 , p. 138-144 ( online edition ).