Synagogue (Sörgenloch)

Drawing of the synagogue in Sörgenloch by the architect Heinrich Raab from 1893

The synagogue in Sörgenloch , a local community in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1893. The synagogue was at 7 Dörrgasse.

History and description

The synagogue was built by Bernhard Wolf, a member of the Sörgenloch Jewish community , according to plans by the architect Heinrich Raab from Nieder-Olm . The small hall building had a floor area of ​​around 65 square meters. The building had segmental arched windows and a rose window in the gable triangle . The prayer room was covered by a barrel vault. The area for the women, slightly raised in front of the south-east wall, was separated by a privacy screen.

It is not known how long services were held in the synagogue .

After the First World War , the synagogue building was sold to the tailor Johann Dapper. The building was later demolished.

See also

• Sörgenloch Jewish community

literature

• 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. 347-348 ( memorial book of the synagogues in Germany 2).

Web links

Commons : Architectural drawings of the synagogue in Sörgenloch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Sörgenloch near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '54.9 "  N , 8 ° 12' 6.3"  E