Synagogue (Stettin)
Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 23.2 " N , 14 ° 33 ′ 6.9" E
The synagogue in the city of Szczecin was inaugurated in 1875 and destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 .
history
The synagogue was built by the synagogue community in Stettin between 1873 and 1875 on the site of a smaller previous building. The design came from the renowned Berlin architects Hermann Ende and Wilhelm Böckmann , the construction management was the responsibility of the Szczecin City Planning Officer Conrad Kruhl .
The facade of the synagogue facing the Green Schanze was, as was common in many synagogues in Germany in the 1870s, in the Moorish style . The synagogue received around 1,600 seats inside, of which 800 to 900 were men and 750 women were in the women's galleries . The dome was supported by four slender iron pillars ; it was initially not painted in. The synagogue organ was built by the Szczecin organ builder Emil Kaltschmidt under the supervision of the city's music director Karl Adolf Lorenz .
The inauguration of the synagogue took place on May 3, 1875. Rabbi Abraham Treuenfels held the consecration service in the presence of the Szczecin Mayor Sternberg, the Szczecin Police President von Warnstedt and numerous representatives of the Protestant Church.
In the following decades, renovations took place repeatedly. In 1887 the building received steam heating . In 1895, electric lighting was installed in place of the previous gas lighting. The Eternal Lamp was also included in this electrical lighting. In 1893, 1900 and 1905 changes were made to the staircase.
A major renovation took place in 1914. On the one hand, the steam heating was defective and had caused damage to the building. On the other hand, the organ was relocated and rebuilt except for the case. The organ builder was the company EF Walcker & Cie. from Ludwigsburg . Finally, the interior was also repainted. The dome, which had not been painted before, was painted in blue and gold.
After the First World War , a memorial plaque was erected on the western gallery for the 70 fallen soldiers of the synagogue community .
During the November pogroms of 1938 , on the night of November 9th to 10th, 1938, the synagogue was set on fire by the National Socialists . A parishioner and the caretaker managed to save some Torah scrolls from the burning building. The fire could not be extinguished until noon on November 10, 1938. The walls of the burned down synagogue were blown up in November 1938. The remaining remnants were then removed in 1940.
List of rabbis
The following rabbis worked in the synagogue community in Stettin:
- 1843–1859: Wolf Aloys Meisel
- 1860–1879: Abraham Treuenfels
- 1880–1911: Heinemann Vogelstein
- 1904–1920: Moses Worms, 2nd rabbi and religion teacher
- 1912–1926: Max Wiener
- 1921–1924: Dagobert Nellhaus, 2nd rabbi and religion teacher
- 1926–1935: Max Elk
- 1936–1938: Karl Richter
- 1938–1940: H. Finkelscherer
See also
literature
- Jacob Peiser: The history of the synagogue community in Stettin. 2nd Edition. East German contributions from the Göttingen working group. Volume 37. Holzner Verlag, Würzburg 1965.
- Hans-Gerd Warmann: 70 years ago: “Mr. Abrahamson, your synagogue is on fire!” . In: Stettiner Bürgerbrief. No. 34, 2008, ISSN 1619-6201 , pp. 22-36.
Web links
- Memorial plaque for the Szczecin Synagogue in the memorial portal to places of remembrance in Europe
