Synagogue (Rastatt)

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Synagogue in Rastatt

The synagogue in Rastatt , a district town in Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1905/06 and destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 .

history

The Jewish community of Rastatt inaugurated its first synagogue on October 31, 1829 , which was located in what was then Hildastraße (today Ottersdorfer Straße 9) and is now used as a residential building.

Since the number of parishioners had grown rapidly in the 19th century, the first synagogue became too small. On October 16, 1904, the Jewish community decided to build a new synagogue, which was built according to the plans of the architect Ludwig Levy from Karlsruhe . The synagogue was located on what was then the Wall at Leopoldring 2. The city had made the property available to the Jewish community free of charge. The foundation stone was laid on September 14, 1905: the new synagogue had 152 places for men, 106 places for women, 26 places for singers and 38 for the pre-synagogue, a total of 322 places. On the dais to the east stood the prayer table , behind it a raised pulpit and above it the Torah shrine . On the west empore the was organ and the space for the choir . A rabbinate building was built next to the synagogue . The synagogue was inaugurated on September 11, 1906.

time of the nationalsocialism

During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue was set on fire and destroyed. On December 1, 1938, the synagogue was nowhere to be seen, the building was cleared that quickly. The neighboring rabbinate was retained, on which a plaque for the former synagogue was placed in 1964 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 53 ″  E