Obj. ID: 25418
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Winterswijk, The Netherlands
The architectural style of the synagogue in Winterswijk can be considered eclectic. The tracery of all windows contains the Star of David which refer to its religious function. A Hebrew inscription on a stone above the entrance refers to Psalm 116:4 and includes the date of the dedication of the synagogue (‘[5]649’, or 1889). The building was looted in 1943, after which the women’s gallery was lost. The synagogue was reused as such in 1951.
The building was renovated between 1980-84 by the architect H.J.L. Ovink. The women’s gallery has been partially restored along the western wall. The neoclassical Torah Ark was constructed in 1799. It was originally located in Arnhem and subsequently moved to Elburg where the decorations of the Ark were enriched with the Stone Tablets. After the Second World War, both the Torah Ark and the bimah of the synagogue in Elburg were moved to Winterswijk. The menorahs on the bima and Ark were taken from the synagogue in Zwartsluis.
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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)