Vacha synagogue
The Vacha synagogue was located in the town of Vacha in what is now the Wartburg district in Thuringia .
Jewish community
There is evidence of a Jewish community in Vacha as early as 1323. It existed until 1349. Presumably there was already a synagogue and a mikveh at this time . Around 1630 ten Jewish families lived in the city, in 1652 there was still one Jew.
A Jewish religious community was established in 1777 and lasted until 1938. On August 21, 1903, the last members of the disbanded community of Völkershausen joined the community of Vacha.
synagogue
The synagogue was probably built in 1786 together with the Jewish school at Schulstrasse 22-24 . It was rebuilt and expanded in 1829 to accommodate the growing Jewish community. The interior was removed on October 10, 1938 and the building was sold to the city of Vacha. In June 1948, the building and land were returned to the Jewish State Community of Thuringia . He sold it to a private person in 1954. In 1955 it was demolished and the property was later partially rebuilt.
Commemoration
During renovation work in 1998 in the building opposite the former synagogue, a probably privately used cellar mikwe was discovered. A memorial plaque is attached to the Vitus elementary school that exists there today, pointing to the synagogue and mikveh.
A memorial stone was unveiled on November 17, 1998 in the partially preserved Jewish cemetery . In November 2013, the Vacha city council approved the laying of stumbling blocks in memory of Jewish Vacha citizens. (see also: List of stumbling blocks in Vacha )
Web links
- Schwierz, Israel: Evidence of the Jewish past in Thuringia (PDF file; 23.77 MB), page 253 ff.
- alemannia-judaica.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vacha Recalls Jewish Life , accessed October 4, 2014
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 39.1 ″ N , 10 ° 1 ′ 20.8 ″ E