Synagogue (Rosheim)

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Synagogue in Rosheim

The synagogue in Rosheim , a French town in the Bas-Rhin department in the historic Alsace region , was built in 1884. The synagogue is located on Rue du Général de Brauer.

history

The history of the Jewish community in Rosheim can be traced back to 1348/49, when the Jewish families in what was then the imperial city were murdered during the plague pogroms . Josel von Rosheim is the most famous Jewish personality from Rosheim.

By 1833 there were gradually several prayer rooms in Rosheim, because the Jewish community was not allowed to build its own synagogue building. In 1833 the first synagogue was inaugurated in what is now Rue Netter. It was replaced in 1884 by the synagogue that still exists today, which was last renovated in 1959.

time of the nationalsocialism

The synagogue survived the German occupation almost undamaged, only the furniture was stolen. Due to persecution during the Nazi era, the Jewish community after 1945 was too small to keep the synagogue in the long term.

Profanation

The last service took place in the synagogue in 1972. It was then sold and converted into a telephone exchange in the following years. The current use of the building is not apparent from the sources.

architecture

The synagogue in the neo-Romanesque style of the time, Alsace had been annexed to the German Empire since 1871 , was built according to the plans of the architect Brion. The portal is covered by a triangular gable in which there is a semicircular arch field. Above this, the portal facade, clearly designed as a show facade facing the street, is divided in the middle by a triple window and is closed off by a rose window in the gable. Acroters on the corners and friezes adorn this side of the synagogue that is visible from afar. The law boards are enthroned on the roof ridge . On the eaves sides , rectangular triple windows on the ground floor and triple arched windows on the first floor give the synagogue interior sufficient daylight. The entire building, made of local sandstone , testifies to the will of the Jewish community to be just as representative and equal as the other religious communities.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).
  • Jean Daltroff: La route du judaïsme en Alsace . ID-L'Édition, 2nd edition, Bernardswiller 2010, ISBN 2-915626-02-2 , p. 50.

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '43.3 "  N , 7 ° 28' 5.2"  E