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Object Alone
Prayer hall in Altena
Object Detail

Building Date
1914 (bought)

Synagogue active dates
until 1938

Reconstruction Dates
1954 (dwelling)

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Altena
| Fritz-Thomee-Straße (former Schloßstraße) 17

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Dwelling

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
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
No information

Bibliography

Birkmann, Günter and Hartmut Stratmann, Bedenke vor wem du stehst. 300 Synagogen und ihre Geschichte in Westfalen und Lippe (Essen, 1998)

www.synagogen.info, www.synagogen.info (accessed November 30, 2021)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date

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