Synagogue (Ruchheim)
The synagogue in Ruchheim , a district of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate , was inaugurated in 1881. It is located at Fußgönheimer Straße 52 and is a protected cultural monument .
history
The Jewish community in Ruchheim belonged to the Jewish community in Fußgönheim until the middle of the 19th century . Ruchheim had its own synagogue and prayer room as early as the 18th century .
In 1862 the synagogue was set up in Fußgönheimer Strasse 52, but it had to be demolished because it was in disrepair . A new synagogue, which was inaugurated in 1881, was built on the same site. There was a school room on the ground floor, the prayer room in the back and the teacher's apartment on the top floor.
There was room for 60 men in the prayer room and another 35 seats in the women's gallery. The ceiling was blue and painted with gold stars.
Above the entrance portal read : This is the gate to the Lord, through it righteous go ( Psalm 118 : 20).
time of the nationalsocialism
During the November pogrom in 1938 , SA men ravaged the interior. The building remained undamaged and was used as a prisoner of war camp and storage room during World War II .
Todays use
After 1945 the building came into the possession of the Jewish community of the Rheinpfalz, which sold it to the Protestant parish in 1953. The parish converted it into a Protestant parish hall.
Commemoration
In 1985, a memorial plaque with the following text was attached to the secular synagogue : The synagogue of the Ruchheim Jews was located here. Built in 1881 - devastated in 1938. Evangelical parish hall since 1955.
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 version ).
- Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 239-240 ( memorial book of the synagogues in Germany 2).
Web links
- To the Jewish community of Ruchheim near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 20.1 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 22.6 ″ E