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Synagogue in Homburg
Object Detail
originally a church (Klosterkirche der Franziskaner, desecrated since 1793)

Building Date
1697-1699

Synagogue active dates
1860-1862 (bought) - until 1938

Reconstruction Dates
1952 ( dismantled partially), 2000-2003

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Germany | Saarland | Homburg
| Saar Klostergasse

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Museum

Present Usage Details
memorial

Historical significance: Event/Period

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
https://www.museum-trier.de/ausstellungen/archiv-der-sonderausstellungen/ausstellungen-2010/max-lazarus.-trier-st.-louis-denver.-ein-juedisches-kuenstlerschicksal/
Alemannia Judaica

Fischbach, Stefan and Ingrid Westerhoff. Synagogen Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland (Mainz, 2005)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2012

Remarks
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homburg_Ruine_der_Synagoge_in_der_Klostergasse_2012-05-11.JPG

0 Coordinates: 49.321346, 7.342085