Humboldt Temple

Humboldt Temple around 1900

Side cross-section, blueprint by Jakob Gartner

The Humboldttempel , also known as the Humboldtgasse Synagogue , was an association synagogue of the Israelite Temple and School Association for the 10th district in the Vienna district of Favoriten . The building at Humboldtgasse 27 directly on Humboldtplatz was built in 1895/1896 according to plans by Jakob Gartner and destroyed in 1938 during the November pogrom.

history

The Israelite Temple and School Association for the 10th District or Temple Association Favoriten was founded in 1876. Benjamin Seher was chairman, and David Löwy, Aron Levi Mandel and Albert Weiner ordained as rabbis . The ceremonial keystone laying of the synagogue took place on May 10, 1898.

building

The synagogue was a central domed building with neo-Romanesque style elements and several onion domes. 428 seats were available on the ground floor and 277 in the galleries .

See also

• List of Jewish places of worship in Vienna
• Jewish life in Vienna
• History of the Jews in Austria

literature

• Max Fleischer : Synagogues, Greek and Russian churches. In: Paul Kortz: Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century. Volume 2. Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna 1906.
• Pierre Genée: Vienna Synagogues 1825–1938 . Löcker, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-85409-113-3 .
• Bob Martens , Herbert Peter: The destroyed synagogues of Vienna. Virtual city walks . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85476-313-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "10:20 am the Humboldtplatz synagogue in Vienna X was blown up." From the official protocols, quoted in after One night and one day in Vienna. Tabular timeline of November 9/10, 1938 Online on the website of the IKG Vienna ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ The keystone of the temple in the 10th district, which was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reign. In:  Die Neuzeit , May 13, 1898, p. 203 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

Commons : Humboldttempel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pierre Geneé, Bob Martens and Barbara Schedl: Jewish places of worship in Vienna before 1938 Culture magazine David No. 59, December 2003

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 46.5 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 40 ″  E