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Synagogue in Scherwiller
Object Detail

Building Date
1790

Synagogue active dates
Until 1963

Reconstruction Dates
1863 (by Ringeisen)

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
France | Grand Est région | Bas-Rhin | Scherwiller
| 5 rue du Giessen (rue des Juifs)

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks
established in 1772. Enlarged in 1863 by arch. Antoine Ringeisen

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Fire Depot

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Listed as protected monument


Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography
Dominique Jarrassé, Une histoire des Synagogues françaises: entre Occident et Orient (Arles, 1997), p. 410; Dominique Jarrassé, "Synagogues françaises du Moyen Âge à 1939," Monuments historiques, no. 191 (février 1994): La patrimoine juif français, pp. 45-52, p. 51; Dominique Jarrassé, L'age d'or des synagogues (Paris, 1991), p. 168; http:/judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/basrhin/r-z/scherwil.htm with ills. http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/scherwiller_synagoge.htm
Rothé, Michel and Max Warschawski. Les Synagogues d'Alsace et leur Histoire (Jerusalem: Chalom Bisamme, 1992)

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2022

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