Atzgersdorf synagogue

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The Atzgersdorf synagogue was located in the Lower Austrian community of Atzgersdorf south of Vienna on the border with the community of Liesing . (Both places were incorporated into Greater Vienna on October 15, 1938. )

The synagogue in its original state after its opening in 1900

location

The synagogue was located at the previous address, Karlsgasse 390, today's address Dirmhirngasse 112, to the west right next to the Südbahn , about a hundred meters north of Rudolf-Waisenhorn-Gasse and thus much closer to the center of Liesing than to that of Atzgersdorf. This situation expresses their function for both communities. In 1911 there is a "Mosaic religious station" for Liesing, but not for Atzgersdorf. Since 1954 is the former site of the synagogue part of southwestern Vienna municipal district , the 23rd, Liesing . 1938–1954 it belonged to the 25th district of the same name, but much larger.

history

The synagogue was built in 1900 by the Minjan prayer house association founded in 1886 under the then chairman of the association, Doctor Adolf Ettinger, a lawyer from Liesingen. A dedication plaque on the facade named the occasion: Built in 1900 for the glory of God to celebrate the 70th birthday of our Most Gracious Emperor Franz Joseph I.

The building after the renovation in 1922, photo c. 1930

Before that, from 1867 to 1876, there was a prayer room for the Jewish community at Liesinger Gasse 11 (today Fröhlichgasse 12, east of the southern railway). From 1876 it was on Karlsgasse on what would later be the synagogue building site.

The building was planned on this plot of land by the architect Richard Esriel from Vienna, and city architect Leonhard Bauer was commissioned with the construction. The facade was executed in the Roman style, on both sides there was a small tower with a domed roof , in the middle of the facade the dedication plaque. The synagogue offered space for 120 men on the ground floor and as many women on the first floor. There was also an apartment for the religion teacher and the caretaker as well as a meeting room in which the lessons were held.

In 1922 the synagogue was rebuilt and expanded, with the middle two street-side windows being built and the central dedication plaque (see above) probably moved inside. One of the two entrances has been shut down.

The Atzgersdorf synagogue also fell victim to the November pogroms of 1938 , which only survived the city ​​temple in the 1st district , which was integrated into a residential block . She was set on fire on November 9, 1938. According to the office of the district authority Mödling , the fire was started by unknown perpetrators.

Since “no owner could be reached” (meaning the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Mödling), on November 24th, 1938 a decision was issued to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien to have the fire ruins of the former synagogue in Karlsgasse (today's Dirmhirngasse) demolished immediately. In 1942, the builder Leopold Schumm from Liesing built emergency housing on the foundation of the synagogue, using building materials from the synagogue.

Plaque

Planned construction work and discussions about the text prevented the installation of a memorial plaque in Dirmhirngasse 112. Since no agreement could be reached with the owners of the property, a memorial plaque was finally erected on March 17, 2005 on the neighboring municipal property Dirmhirngasse 114 by the Liesing district council Deutsch and Iwrith revealed.

In November 2018, a five-meter-high sculpture was erected to commemorate the synagogue. She wears a Star of David designed by Lukas Maria Kaufmann and an information board. The sculpture is one of a series of similar 24 commemorative signs in Vienna. A virtual reconstruction of the missing house of prayer can be called up with a QR code .

See also

literature

  • Franziska Graber: The virtual reconstruction of the Atzgersdorf synagogue . Diploma thesis TU-Vienna. Vienna 2010.
  • Gerald Netzl: November 9, 1938 in Liesing - a local historical reconstruction . Edited by the district council of Liesing, Vienna 2005, ²2013
  • Bob Martens , Herbert Peter: The destroyed synagogues of Vienna. Virtual city walks . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85476-313-0 .
  • Primo Calvi: Representation of the political district Hietzing environment through a comprehensive description of all villages, localities, churches, schools, castles, institutions and noteworthy objects etc. etc. Self-published, Vienna 1901, pp. 93-94.

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Atzgersdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferdinanz Oppl: Liesing. History of the 23rd district of Vienna and its old places. Verlag Jugend und Volk Vienna Munich 1982. ISBN 3-7141-6217-8 . P. 130.
  2. ^ Oppl, Liesing. P. 88.
  3. ^ Josef Jahne: Local history of the political district Hietzing area for school and home. Published on behalf of the kk district school board for Hietzing area. Vienna 1911. Self-published by the district school council. P. 31.
  4. ↑ Calvi, representation. P. 93
  5. ↑ The builder reports that he was able to use 5588 bricks: Rudolf Spitzer: Liesing. Preserving the old, creating the new. Mohl Verlag Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-900272-50-6 , p. 87
  6. ↑ Star of David light sign against anti-Semitism. In: bz Wiener Bezirkszeitung, Liesing. Meinviertel.at, issue 45, 7./8. November 2018, p. 3.

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 17 ′ 3 ″  E