Synagogue Aach (near Trier)

Former synagogue

The synagogue in Aach , a local parish in the Trier-Saarburg district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was built in 1860. The secular synagogue at Neweler Straße 2 is a protected monument .

history

At first there was a prayer room as a first synagogue, because in 1808 it is reported that the Jews from Butzweiler and Welschbillig attended the service in Aach. Because of the increased number of parishioners in the Jewish community of Aach in the middle of the 19th century, the community planned to build a new synagogue. The Trier architect Christian Wilhelm Schmidt , who also built the synagogue in Trier , was commissioned with the planning. The synagogue built in 1860 is very similar to the synagogue in Trier. Neo- Romanesque style elements such as pilaster strips , arched windows and arched friezes shaped the building.

The interior was completely destroyed during the November pogrom in 1938 . The synagogue, which was set on fire, was extinguished to protect the neighboring houses. During the Second World War , the synagogue was used by the Wehrmacht as a prisoner of war camp.

In the 1950s the synagogue building was converted into a residential building. A memorial plaque was attached to the building, which has been a listed building since 1995 .

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).
• 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 , ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany 2), pp. 67–68.

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Aach (near Trier)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Aach near Alemannia Judaica
• Entry on the former synagogue - memorial plaque in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '22.4 "  N , 6 ° 35' 25.5"  E