Lörrach synagogue
The Lörrach synagogue is the place of worship of the Jewish community in Lörrach . The cube-shaped building is located in the city center on the corner of Spitalstrasse and Rainstrasse and was built in 2007 and 2008 according to a design and under the direction of the Lörrach architects Wilhelm-Hovenbitzer und Partner .
description
The three-storey synagogue located on a triangular plot of land houses the Israelite community center. In addition to the square prayer hall, there is a community hall on the ground floor, the prayer room on the first floor and a round women's gallery on the second floor . The converted attic is reserved for the celebration of Sukkot . In an annex there are kitchens, offices and a library.
Three square concrete walls protrude from the main structure, which are divided into eight open squares and one closed and support escape balconies . Struts on the open squares represent the Star of David . Individual segments of this strut system are partially filled with yellow glass. The recurring shape of squares and circles in the ground plan and elevation of the building is intended to symbolize integrity or infinity. The total construction cost was 1.5 million. Euro.
history
The new synagogue in Lörrach is the rebuilding of a synagogue in Lörrach, which has been discussed for years. From 1808 until it was destroyed in the November pogroms on November 9, 1938, there was a Jewish church in Lörrach north of the market square. A memorial plaque from 1976 and the Synagogengasse remind of this at this location . After the Second World War , especially since the late 1980s, the number of Jewish citizens in Lörrach increased again, so that in 1995 a new community was founded. Until the summer of 2008 they used a prayer room on Berliner Platz. The congregation grew to around 450 members that year.
On June 28, 2007, the foundation stone was laid for the new synagogue, which opened after around a year of construction on November 9, 2008 in the presence of the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger .
Web links
- Jewish history after 1945: Prayer Hall 1995 / Synagogue 2008
- Support group Synagoge Lörrach e. V.
- 360-degree inside view of the Lörrach synagogue
Individual evidence
- ^ Badische Zeitung: Synagogue with an ideal basic shape , November 6, 2008. Accessed on September 2, 2009
Evangelical Churches: Christ Church | Evangelical town church | Germanus Church | St. John's Church | Röttler Church | St. Nicholas | St. Ottilien
Evangelical Free Churches: Advent House | Baptist Church
Synagogue: Lörrach synagogue
Catholic Churches: St. Boniface | St. Fridolin | Holy Family | St. Joseph | St. Peter
Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 45.89 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 32.92" E