Synagogues in Niederstetten

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The former synagogues in Niederstetten existed between the 18th and 20th centuries at two different locations in Niederstetten in the Main-Tauber district . The first synagogue in Mittelgasse 2/1 ( ⊙ ) was demolished in 1988. The second synagogue at Mittelgasse 4 ( ⊙ ) was completely destroyed in an air raid in 1945.

history

In 1714 the Jewish families of Niederstetten built a prayer room, which was probably a room in a Jewish house, but the location of the prayer room is not known. Over the years the parishioners increased and so they built the first synagogue in 1741/44, which was demolished in 1988. The former location was in the building at Mittelgasse 2/1, which is why this street was called "Synagogengasse" until the Nazi era . At that time, Nathan Hirsch was named as the teacher and rabbi, who probably moved from Feuchtwangen to Niederstetten in 1720.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the old synagogue became much too small for the congregation that had continued to grow up to then. Therefore, in 1813, a building site for a new synagogue was bought for 550 guilders. However, it was not until 1820 that the municipal council took the decision to build the new synagogue with the associated parish hall. The rich Lämmlein Löw gave 500 guilders as a foundation for the building and another 550 as non-terminable capital. The construction of the synagogue was completed in 1824. The high construction sum of over 7,000 guilders can only be raised through contributions from community members, other foundations and by taking out a loan. The peculiarity of the Niederstetten synagogue was that the women also had their stalls downstairs with the men, even if they had been separated from the men, the stricter parishioners, however, did not agree on whether the women and men were allowed to use the same entrance. Until the downfall of the community, a gold brocade curtain for the Torah shrine costing 1000 guilders was the most valuable and beautiful decoration in the synagogue. This gold brocade curtain was donated by Lämmle Goldstein.

The synagogue and school were thoroughly renovated in 1877, with the movable stalls being abolished and replaced with immovable stalls. The cost of the work amounted to around 4,628 marks (2,740 marks for the synagogue, 1888 for school and teacher's apartment), 400 marks of which were from state funds.

The synagogue was not destroyed during the pogrom night in 1938 , but it was destroyed by an air raid in the spring of 1945. The Princess von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein kept the cult objects hidden with her until she handed them over to the American army rabbi D. Kahan at the end of the war. Some remains of the surrounding wall have been preserved to this day and are built into the residential and commercial building that is now in this location.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Niederstetten (Main-Tauber district) - Jewish history / prayer hall / synagogue. In: Alemannia-Judaica.de. April 14, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .