Synagogue (Walsdorf)
The former synagogue in Walsdorf , a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg , was built in 1732 and is located at Brunnenweg 12.
history
In 1731 the landlords of Crailsheim approved the construction of a synagogue . It was built in 1732 on the manorial property over a rock cellar . In 1862 the synagogue became the property of the Jewish community of Walsdorf and in the same year it was rebuilt and renovated. Further renovations took place in 1903 and 1930.
During the November pogrom in 1938 , SA people from Bamberg broke into the synagogue and destroyed the doors, windows and the furnishings. The building was not set on fire because the neighbors feared for their houses. In 1940 the synagogue was sold to a local family by the Jewish community.
architecture
The building is a massive hall with a flat gable roof and high arched windows . At the door you can still see a central column with a capital . The oculus and walled-up arched windows are visible on the east facade . The synagogue was opened on 8./9. Inaugurated August 1862 by the district rabbi Hartwig Werner from Burgebrach .
Current condition
Although the synagogue was used as a storage and storage room for decades, you can still see its original function, but at the same time an urgent renovation is necessary. The attitude of the current owner is clear from a text on the front door of the former synagogue. This reads: "God protect me from dust and dirt, lightning, fire, war and monument protection!"
Web links
literature
- Israel Schwierz: Stone evidence of Jewish life in Bavaria. A documentation . Ed. from the Bavarian State Center for Political Education . Munich 1988, p. 223, ISBN 3-87052-393-X
- More than stones ... Synagogue memorial ribbon Bavaria. Volume I . Edited by Wolfgang Kraus, Berndt Hamm and Meier Schwarz . Developed by Barbara Eberhardt and Angela Hager with the assistance of Cornelia Berger-Dittscheid, Hans Christof Haas and Frank Purrmann. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2007, pp. 214–220 ISBN 978-3-89870-411-3
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 8.8 ″ N , 10 ° 46 ′ 53.5 ″ E