Synagogue (Schmieheim)

The synagogue in Schmieheim on a postcard (around 1900)

The synagogue in Schmieheim , a district of the municipality of Kippenheim in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1814 and rebuilt in 1843. The secular synagogue is at Schlossstrasse 41.

history

The financing of the construction costs was largely made possible by auctioning the synagogue spaces. In the new synagogue, which was much larger than the previous building, there were 62 places for men. In 1843 a thorough renovation of the synagogue was carried out. At the same time, women's galleries were built on both sides .

During the November pogrom of 1938 , the interior of the synagogue was completely destroyed on November 10th. The mayor Huck prevented the synagogue from being set on fire.

In 1950 the synagogue building was sold by the Israelitische Landesgemeinde Südbaden to a local industrial company, who converted the building into a factory. An office building was added on the south side. In the 1990s the synagogue building was converted into a residential building.

In 2001, parts of a Genisa were found in the former synagogue building.

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945
• Schmieheim Jewish cemetery

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 , pp. 247–249 ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

Commons : Synagogue  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Schmieheim near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '45 "  N , 7 ° 51' 32.1"  E