Synagogue (Wörlitz)
The synagogue in Wörlitz , a district of the city of Oranienbaum-Wörlitz in the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt , was built in 1789/90. The secular synagogue is located on the eastern edge of the palace garden on an artificial hill and, as part of the Wörlitz Park, is a monument .
history
The synagogue in the classicism style was built to designs by Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff (1736–1800). The temple of Hercules Victor in ancient Rome served as a model. Prince Leopold III. gave the synagogue to the Jewish community .
In the substructure of the synagogue there is a mikveh .
The synagogue was renamed "Vesta Temple" in 1937 and its religious function and furnishings were robbed. Nevertheless, two SA men tried to set fire to the synagogue during the November pogroms in 1938 . The building was saved by the decisive action of the garden director at the time, Hans Hallervorden , grandfather of Dieter Hallervorden . A short time later he was retired.
Todays use
Inside the synagogue there is now an exhibition on the history of the Jews in Anhalt .
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version ).
- Bernd Gerhard Ulbrich (Ed.): Insights: Twelve essays and an exhibition on the history of the Jews in Anhalt . Mendelssohn Society Dessau eV, Dessau 2004, ISBN 3-934388-18-3 . (not evaluated)
Web links
- Description from Wörlitz-Information (accessed on November 19, 2015)
- For the exhibition in the synagogue at the Mendelssohn Society Dessau eV
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 43.9 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 27" E