Synagogue (Westhoffen)

Synagogue in Westhoffen

Portal facade

The synagogue in Westhoffen , a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region , was built in 1876. The synagogue on the Place de la Synagogue has been classified as a Monument historique since 1990 .

description

The synagogue, built from local sandstone , was consecrated in 1876 . Presumably it was built on the site of an older synagogue. The tablets of the law stand on the top of the gable . The building consists of a longitudinal nave with four zygomatic arches and a portal that is decorated with oriental style elements.

The neo-Romanesque synagogue was plundered but not destroyed during the German occupation in World War II.

See also

• Rabbinate Westhoffen

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 ).
• Jean Daltroff: La route du judaïsme en Alsace . ID-L'Édition, 2nd edition. Bernardswiller 2010, ISBN 978-2-915626-02-5 , pp. 58-59.
• Anny Bloch, Muriel Klein-Zolty: La communauté juive de Westhoffen: repères, traces, disparition . In the Revue des sciences sociales de la France de l'Est. No. 18, 1990/91, pp. 28-36. (not evaluated)

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Westhoffen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Westhoffen synagogue near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Synagogue (Westhoffen) Description as Monument historique in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)
• Students save synagogue (with interior photos, accessed January 5, 2015)

Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '3.4 "  N , 7 ° 26" 31.5 "  E