Synagogue (Sinsheim)

Postcard of Sinsheim with synagogue, in the center of the picture with arched windows (around 1910)

The synagogue in Sinsheim , a town in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1836/37 and destroyed in 1938. The synagogue was located at today's address, Kleine Grabengasse 6, until 1933 Synagogengasse .

history

In 1808 members of the Sinsheim Jewish community established a foundation to build a synagogue. They undertook to pay a certain amount into a common fund every week. From 1836 the new building took place according to plans by the master builder Friedrich Wundt from Heidelberg .

The two-story, plastered brick building had no external decoration. The prayer room for the men and the mikvah (ritual bath) were on the ground floor . On the upper floor there was a classroom next to the women's gallery.

After the Jewish community had fewer and fewer members as a result of emigration, the women's seats were relocated to the ground floor under the gallery and the upper floor and the warehouse were expanded into an apartment that was used from 1936 to 1938.

During the November pogrom in 1938 , the synagogue was destroyed by SA men and later demolished. The area was newly built over. The found the foundation stone of the synagogue has been preserved and is exhibited in the local history museum.

Commemoration

In November 1988 a memorial stone was erected in memory of the synagogue at its location.

See also

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

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. 450–453 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

• Synagogue in Sinsheim near Alemannia Judaica (with photos)

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '14.9 "  N , 8 ° 52' 32.3"  E