Minden synagogue

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Minden synagogue

The Minden Synagogue is a Jewish assembly and place of worship for prayer , scripture study and instruction and is the seat of today's Jewish community in Minden and the surrounding area . The synagogue is located in the upper old town of the East Westphalian city ​​of Minden .

history

Today's synagogue was built in 1958 by the architect Karl Gerle from Recklinghausen next to the site of the former synagogue , which was destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 , in a unit consisting of a parish hall, connecting wing and subsequent synagogue building. This made Minden one of the first cities in Germany to have a synagogue inaugurated again after the Second World War . The old synagogue, which was destroyed during the Night of the Pogroms and not rebuilt, was inaugurated on March 24, 1865. Demolition costs for the ruins destroyed by the fire on November 10, 1938 had to be borne by the Jewish community. The demolition of the ruin took place under the eyes of the German population and under the political leadership of the National Socialists.

architecture

For the new building the entire inventory had to be procured: Torah , Torah ark , Toraschmuck, silver Kiddush cup , silver Hawdalabecher , the Sabbath candlesticks , the menorah and much more. The entrance area of ​​the building is designed as a memorial room that commemorates the persecution during the National Socialist era.

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Minden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Building description , accessed in January 2010.
  • Werner Dirks and Harald Scheurenberg: Way to the new place of worship 50 years ago at the destination . June 14, 2008, article in the Mindener Tageblatt.

Individual evidence

  1. Werner Dirks in: Mindener Tageblatt of June 14, 2008.
  2. Architecture page ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2016 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. accessed in January 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cad-cook.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de
  3. Werner Dirks, Harald Scheurenberg: Way to the new church 50 years ago at the goal. (PDF; 130 kB) Mindener Tageblatt, June 14, 2008.

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 20.4 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 56.1"  E