Medieval Synagogue in Rouffach
Object Detail
Building Date
1288-1293?
Synagogue active dates
Until 1338?
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Dwelling
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Listed as protected monument in 1921.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Gothic synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues preserved in Europe.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Gothic portal with inscription
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
Dominique Jarrassé, "Synagogues françaises du Moyen Âge à 1939," Monuments historiques, no. 191 (février 1994): La patrimoine juif français, pp. 45-52, p. 52
http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/rouffach_synagogue.htm
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_de_Rouffach
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)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
By Psu973 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2012
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 47.957878, 7.298248