Synagogue in Durmenach
Object Detail
Building Date
1803
Synagogue active dates
Until c. 1930
Reconstruction Dates
1875 (by Baldaut) 1964, 1983
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Sold in 1959 to Catholic church and transformed into a festivities hall in 1964. Burnt on 14 January, 1983, and later restored. Only one wall and a portal of the former synagogue are preserved.
Condition
Present Usage
Church
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
1 (Local)
Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)
Bibliography
Dominique Jarrassé, Une histoire des Synagogues françaises: entre Occident et Orient (Arles, 1997), p. 408;
Dominique Jarrassé, L'age d'or des synagogues (Paris, 1991), p. 168;
http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/durmenach_synagogue.htm
http://judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/hautrhin/a-f/durmenac.htm
Rothé, Michel and Max Warschawski. Les Synagogues d'Alsace et leur Histoire (Jerusalem: Chalom Bisamme, 1992)
Rothé, Michel and Max Warschawski. Les Synagogues d'Alsace et leur Histoire (Jerusalem: Chalom Bisamme, 1992)
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Full Name
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Biography
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