Tahara House (Kleinsteinach)

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Tahara house in Kleinsteinach

The Tahara House on the Jewish cemetery in Kleinsteinach , a district of the municipality of Riedbach in the Haßberge district ( Bavaria ), was built in the 18th century. The Tahara House , about one and a half kilometers southeast of the village, is a protected architectural monument .

description

The Tahara House was built on the southeast corner and at the same time the lowest point of the rising terrain. The plastered solid construction, standing slightly on the slope, has three rooms on the ground floor: a tahara room and two further rooms, and an attic. The building is covered by a flat pyramid roof. The door is on the side facing the burial ground. The door and the windows have stone frames .

literature

  • Ulrich Knufinke: Buildings of Jewish cemeteries in Germany (= series of publications by the Bet-Tfila Research Center for Jewish Architecture in Europe 3). Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-206-2 , pp. 77-78 (also: Braunschweig, Technische Universität, dissertation, 2005).

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Kleinsteinach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 33.1 ″  N , 10 ° 25 ′ 51.1 ″  E