Synagogue (Venningen)
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 Former synagogue in Venningen |
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| place | Venningen | |
| Construction year | 1847 | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 16 '57.5 " N , 8 ° 10' 18.1" E | |
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The synagogue in Venningen , a local community in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was set up in a former inn in 1847. The secular synagogue at Schafstraße 15 is a protected cultural monument .
history
The building that previously housed an inn was converted into a Jewish community center. The teacher's apartment was set up on the ground floor, while the synagogue room and a classroom were installed on the upper floor, the former dance hall . The women's area of the synagogue was separated by a curtain.
During the renovation in 1868, the flat ceiling of the former dance hall was replaced by a vaulted ceiling . In the synagogue there were 70 places for men and 50 for women.
The synagogue was devastated during the November pogrom in 1938 . Due to the narrow buildings, it was not set on fire. From 1942 to 1945 prisoners of war were housed in the building.
The building has been used as a residential building since the 1950s. During the renovation before 1988, the vaulted ceiling was removed.
The portal inscription from Deuteronomy 28: 6 reminds us of its use as a synagogue: “You are blessed when you arrive and blessed when you go”.
Commemoration
In 1990 a memorial plaque was placed at the entrance . The inscription reads: "The Jewish synagogue of Venningen was located in this building from 1847-1940 in 1990".
See also
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. 374-375 ( memorial book of the synagogues in Germany 2).
