Synagogue (Bad Kreuznach)

synagogue
The synagogue in 2013
Data
place	Bad Kreuznach
Construction year	before 2001
Coordinates	49 ° 50 '18 "  N , 7 ° 52' 33.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '18 "  N , 7 ° 52' 33.6"  E
particularities
originally an American chapel

The synagogue in Bad Kreuznach , a town in Rhineland-Palatinate , was inaugurated in 2002.

history

The synagogue was originally an American chapel , which was converted into a synagogue in 2001/02. 480,000 euros were needed to buy and renovate the chapel. Christian churches in the Rhine - Hunsrück - Nahe region in the Trier diocese and in the Evangelical Church District to Nahe and Glan made donations. The state government also contributed to the financing. The synagogue was inaugurated on Friday September 20, 2002 by Rabbi Joseph Harety.

description

Outside

The synagogue in 2009

The facade has a particularly emphasized central axis. In the lower central axis there is a rectangular portal, above a staggered triple window , which is framed and structured by flat wall templates. The triple window is crowned by a roof turret that is just as wide as the window group.

Inside

“Hear Israel! Adonai (synonym) is our God; Adonai is the only one. "

In the east wall is the apse with the Aron Ha-Kodesch . The apse shows a starry sky.

The wooden Aaron HaKodesh has a rounded arch; on the arch the two tablets of the law , in front of them the Ner Tamid . The shrine has a blue curtain with an elaborate embroidery: This shows the two Mosaic tablets of the law between two columns with upright lions above a crown. The shrine is flanked by two menorot . On the arch above the apse is the Shema Yisrael : "שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהֹוָה אֶחָד"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ picture of the facade at www.alemannia-judaica.de
2. ^ Description according to Stefan Fischerbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 90 (published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Rhineland-Palatinate with the State Conservatory Office of Saarland and the Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem).
3. ↑ picture of the interior at www.alemannia-judaica.de

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Bad Kreuznach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The new synagogue, inaugurated in 2002, on the Alemannia Judaica homepage
• Article about the Old Synagogue in the Allgemeine Zeitung ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Allgemeine Zeitung from June 5, 2010
• Interior view on one side of the Central Council

literature

• Stefan Fischerbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 87–90 (published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate with the State Conservation Office of Saarland and the Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem).
• Martin Senner: Small story of Zelemochum . Bad Kreuznach 2002 (From Museums and Archives No. 3).
• Klaus Mümpfer: After soldiers come families . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . September 21, 2002.
• red: Former chapel becomes synagogue . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . October 9, 2001.
• Hansjörg Rehbein: On a historic day, a dream comes true . In: Rhein-Zeitung edition Bad Kreuznach . September 21, 2002.