Synagogue (Schweppenhausen)

Schweppenhausen synagogue
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place	Schweppenhausen
Architectural style	Quarry stone hall construction
Construction year	1863
Floor space	63 m²
Coordinates	49 ° 55 '38.4 " N , 7 ° 47' 57.3" E Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '38.4 " N , 7 ° 47' 57.3" E

The synagogue in Schweppenhausen was built in 1863 at Schwabenstrasse 4a. It was sold by the Jewish community to a private person in October 1938. He converted the synagogue into a barn, which is still used today as a warehouse. The building of the former synagogue is now a listed building.

synagogue

In 1860 the first synagogue in Schweppenhausen burned down. In 1862/63 a new synagogue, financed by donations, was built at Schwabenstrasse 4a. The inauguration took place in 1863. The synagogue also housed the apartment for the teacher and a classroom, both of which were accessible through a separate entrance. The 7 x 9 meter building had two arched windows on each of the long sides. There was an ornamental window above the entrance on the south side . The school hall and teacher's apartment were in the western part of the building. After 1933, after the minyan needed for a church service was no longer obtained, the Jewish community sold the building to a private individual in October 1938 for 2500 RM . He converted the synagogue into a barn, which is still used today as a warehouse. The building is now a listed building.

Jewish community Schweppenhausen

The Jewish community emerged in the 18th century. The number of parishioners rose until the first third of the 19th century and reached its highest level in 1827. The parish had a religious school. At times, a separate religion teacher was employed. The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Schweppenhausen. From 1827 the number of parishioners decreased more and more. From 1933, after the seizure of power of Adolf Hitler , the Jewish inhabitants were increasingly disenfranchised. In addition, there were repeated anti-Jewish actions. As a result, more Jewish residents left Schweppenhausen. After the service could no longer be held because the required minyan could no longer be obtained, the Jewish residents visited the synagogue in Seibersbach . The last Jewish residents were deported in 1942.

Development of the Jewish population

year	Jews	comment
1808	52	12 percent of the residents of Schweppenhausen
1827	72
1858	63	10 percent of the population of Schweppenhausen
1895	35
1925	19th
1933	10
1939	6th

Source: alemannia-judaica.de; jewische-gemeinden.de

The memorial book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 and the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of Yad Vashem list 17 members of the Schweppenhausen Jewish community (who were born there or lived there for a while) who were during the time of National Socialism were murdered.

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. ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany , 2). Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 341.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Schweppenhausen (VG Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach district) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Schweppenhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments (Bad Kreuznach) (PDF) General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. P. 102. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
↑ 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. ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany , 2). Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 341.
↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[alju-1] Schweppenhausen (VG Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach district) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[juge-2] Schweppenhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[3] Informational directory of cultural monuments (Bad Kreuznach) (PDF) General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. P. 102. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[4] 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. ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany , 2). Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 341.

[5] Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[6] Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved May 19, 2020.