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Medeival synagogue in Speyer
Object Detail

Building Date
1104

Synagogue active dates
until 16th century

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Germany | Rheinland-Pfalz | Speyer
| Judengasse

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Museum

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

One of the oldest synagogues in Europe.


Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance
Part of Jewish street

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
Günter Stein: Speyer - Judenhof und Judenbad. Große Baudenkmäler Heft 238. München/Berlin. 9. Auflage 1996 (hier: Literatur bis um 1990). Johannes Bruno / Eberhard Dittus: Jüdisches Leben in Speyer. Einladung zu einem Rundgang. Haigerloch 2004. http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/images/Images%20262/Soeyer%20Infoblatt.pdf
Alemannia Judaica

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

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
1999

Remarks

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