Old Synagogue in Essen
Object Detail
Building Date
1911-1913
Synagogue active dates
until 1938
Reconstruction Dates
1959-1960, 1986-1988 (restoration), 2008-2010 (restoration)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Haus jüdischer Kultur, listed building since 1980
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Fine masonry Torah ark.
Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Alte Synagoge Essen - Haus jüdischer Kultur. Die Dauerausstellung (Essen, 2016)
Richard Klapheck, Die neue Synagoge in Essen a. d. Ruhr. (Berlin, 1914)
Salomon Samuel (Bearb.): Geschichte der Juden in Stadt und Synagogenbezirk Essen von der Einverleibung Essens in Preußen (1802) bis zur Errichtung der Synagoge am Steeler Tor (1913). (Essen, 1913)
https://geo.essen.de/webdaten/sta61/Denkmaeler/Foto_Htm_und_pdf/AK1_Lfd_Nr_10.pdf
http://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/e-g/589-essen-nordrhein-westfalen
www.synagogen.info, www.synagogen.info (accessed November 30, 2021)
www.synagogen.info, www.synagogen.info (accessed November 30, 2021)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Ulrich Knufinke
Photographer
Photograph Date
2007
Remarks
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