Obj. ID: 25283
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The layout of the synagogue is rectangular in shape and is topped by a hipped roof. The Neo-Classical entrance, dating back to 1798, is mostly made out of brick and contains a pediment in the guise of a semicircular window. Two pilasters flank the main door. A Hebrew inscription can be found on the cornice above the door. The building is provided with large rounded arched windows. The shul was most likely established by the Rabbi Meijer Gompers. The basement level contained two baths as part of the mikveh. After a new synagogue along the Gerard Noodtstraat was consecrated in 1913, the Nonnenstraat synagogue was no longer in use. The Torah ark (dated ca. 1730), which originally stood in the New Synagogue of Amsterdam, was moved to the new location at the Gerard Noodtstraat.
In 1975/75, the building was renovated and used as a museum. Since the year 2000, the building was again reused as the synagogue for the Jewishc community. A Jewish school was designed.
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van Agt, J.F., Edward van Voolen. Synagogen in Nederland (Hilversum: Gooi and Sticht, 1988)
van Voolen, Edward, Paul Meijer. Synagogen van Nederland (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2006)