Synagogue (Reims)

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Synagogue in Reims
inside view

The synagogue Reims is located in the city of Reims in the Marne department in the French region of Grand Est . The address of the synagogue is 49, rue Clovis.

history

The synagogue in Reims was built in 1878/79 by the architect Ernest Brunette , son of the famous Reims architect Narcisse Brunette . After the German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, many Jews from these areas settled in Reims. As a result, the Jewish community of Reims reached almost 650 members around 1875 and the old synagogue at 7, rue des Capucins, became too small.

Above the portal is the verse from Genesis (28:17) in Hebrew : This is the house of God and the gate of heaven . The orientalizing style elements, as in the synagogue of Épernay , were the fashion of the time. Inside there are again horseshoe arches and a rich decoration. In 1901 an organ by Augustin Brisset from Reims was installed, a sign of the progressiveness of the Jewish community.

Since 1989, the Synagogue of Reims is worthy of protection monument ( monument historique ). The synagogue is still used today for worship in the Sephardic rite, because the parishioners come exclusively from North Africa .

A stele was erected in front of the synagogue in 1949 for the 226 deported and murdered Jews from Reims and the surrounding area.

organ

View of the organ

The synagogue has an organ that was built by the organ builder Augustin Brisset in 1901. It is one of the last two surviving organs from the organ builder. The romantically arranged instrument has 14 stops on two manual works and a pedal. It was last restored in 2013.

I Grand Orgue C–
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Montre 8th'
3. Salicional 8th'
4th Flûte harmonique 8th'
5. Prestant 4 ′
6th Flute Octaviante 4 ′
II Récit expressif C–
7th Cor de Nuit 8th'
8th. Viol 8th'
9. Voix Celeste 8th'
10. Flute Octaviante 4 ′
11. Trumpets 8th'
12. Basson-Hautbois 8th'
Pedal C–
13. Soubasse 16 ′
14th Octavebasse 8th'

literature

  • Dominique Jarrassée: L'âge d'or des synagogues. Éditions Herscher, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7335-0149-6 .
  • Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Champagne-Ardenne. Imprimerie lorraine champagne publicité, Bar-le-Duc 2005, ISBN 2-9524750-0-8 .

Web links

Commons : Synagogue (Reims)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 57.7 "  N , 4 ° 1 ′ 46.4"  E