Lichtenfels synagogue (Upper Franconia)

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Synagogue in Lichtenfels

The synagogue in Lichtenfels , the district town of the Lichtenfels district in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia , was built in 1797. The profaned synagogue at Judengasse 12 is a protected architectural monument .

history

In 1757, the Lichtenfels Jewish community received permission to build a synagogue that was not allowed to be on a public road. The city made a plot of land available for the construction. The single-storey plastered building with a mansard roof was renovated in 1867.

During the November pogrom in 1938 , SA men broke into the synagogue and destroyed the interior and rituals. The building came into the possession of the city in December 1938 and was used as a scrap iron store and on market days as a pigsty. After 1945 the building came into private ownership and was first used as a prayer room in a free church and later as a warehouse again.

In June 2010 the local council decided to renovate the former synagogue. The restoration was completed in October 2011 and since then the former synagogue has served as a cultural and meeting place.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Persecuted and disadvantaged . In: Obermain Tagblatt , May 7, 2013, on: obermain.de
  2. ↑ The former synagogue in Lichtenfels is now the city's cultural center , at: myheimat.de
  3. ^ Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia / Bavaria) , on: jewische-gemeinden.de
  4. ↑ Former synagogue , on: lichtenfels.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '47.9 "  N , 11 ° 3' 43.3"  E