Laupheim synagogue

Laupheim synagogue (1932), photo at the Baden-Württemberg State Archives

The former synagogue in Laupheim in the Biberach district in Upper Swabia was inaugurated on November 7, 1877 and destroyed on November 9, 1938 during the so-called Reichskristallnacht .

history

Until 1771, the celebrated Jewish community Laupheim their services in a prayer room on the upper floor of the house Judenberg 30. That same year, the first was the synagogue in the southwestern corner of the 1,730-scale Jewish cemetery Laupheim , Judenberg 24 built. Nothing is known about the appearance of the building. A site plan suggests an L-shaped system with an entrance to the stairwell in a north-west direction. In 1822 the synagogue was demolished. A memorial stone from 1990 commemorates the first synagogue in Laupheim.

Second synagogue

Memorial plaque synagogue (2011)

The second synagogue was built in 1822 on the corner of Bronner Strasse and Synagogenweg. It had structural defects and in 1836/37 had to make way for a new building costing 8,696 guilders. The Jewish community of Laupheim had 600 to 700 community members at that time. The synagogue was twenty-four meters long and thirteen meters wide. In 1877 this second synagogue was significantly expanded and provided with a domed roof , two stair towers, large arched windows and a Renaissance facade, which gave the building a representative appearance. The synagogue was gradually furnished with a valuable Torah scroll , ornate curtains and a Torah shrine . Friedrich Adler designed a stained glass window with leaded glazing for her in 1903.

Night of November 9, 1938

On the night of November 9, 1938, the Jewish men were picked up from their homes and, accompanied by the paramilitary SA , were brought to the synagogue. There they had to listen to a hate speech by an SA leader. Then the building was set on fire by SA men. While it was burning, the Jews were forced to do squats and other sports. The fire ruin was canceled shortly afterwards. The property was built on in 1961 with a free-church evangelical church. A plaque from 1958 commemorates the second Laupheim synagogue.

literature

Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 , pp. 286-291 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).