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Synagogue in Lengnau
Object Detail

Building Date
1845-1847

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker

Community

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Cultural center

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
http://synagogues360.org/synagogues.php?ident=switzerland_002 Martin Fröhlich, "Langhaus oder Zentralbau?", Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz 56: 2 (February 2005), pp. 26-33. Edith Hunziker, Ralph Weingarten, Die Synagogen von Lengnau und Endingen und der jüdische Friedhof (Bern, 2005). Jacques Picard, Ron Epstein, "Synagogen - zwischen religiöser Funktion and räumlicher Inszenierung", Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz 56: 2 (February 2005), pp. 6-13.

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2017

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