Harburg Synagogue (Swabia)
The synagogue in Harburg , a town in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria , was built in 1754. The secular synagogue at Egelseestrasse 8 is a protected architectural monument .
history
In 1754 the new building was built in place of an earlier synagogue. Its builder is unknown. The interior of the synagogue was redesigned several times and destroyed inside during the November pogroms in 1938 . The building served as a warehouse after 1939 and as a residential building from 1951. Around 1968 it was converted into a residential and office building.
description
The three-storey detached Satteldachbau with Eckbossierung and korbbogiger gateway has upstairs to the shore side a niche for the Torah shrine . The rabbi's apartment and a room for the community administration were on the ground floor . The mikveh was set up in the early 19th century. On the first floor there was the prayer room facing east, which was covered by a barrel vault . In the middle of the room stood the eight-sided almemor , which was covered by a canopy with wood carvings in the Rococo style . The room offered space for 87 men and 75 women on the gallery .
literature
- Benigna Schönhagen (Ed.): "Ma Tovu ...". "How beautiful are your tents, Jakob ..." Synagogues in Swabia . Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-943866-24-7 , pp. 50–57 (accompanying volume to the traveling exhibition “Ma Tovu…”. “How beautiful are your tents, Jakob…” Synagogues in Swabia of the Jewish Culture Museum Augsburg-Swabia and the Network of Historical Synagogue Places in Bavarian Swabia).
Web links
- Synagogue in Harburg near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '14.9 " N , 10 ° 41' 23.9" E