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Oranienburger Straße (New) Synagogue in Berlin
Object Detail

Building Date
1859-1866

Synagogue active dates
Until 1940

Reconstruction Dates
bombed 1943, the hall demolished 1958, dome restored 1993

Community

Location
Germany | Berlin (Bundesland) | Berlin
| Oranienburger Straße 29-31

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Museum

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

One of the most influential examples of Neo-Moorish synagogues in Europe.


Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)

Bibliography

W. Lübke, “Die neue Synagoge in Berlin,” Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, 1866, p. 6;

G. Knoblauch and F. Hollin (eds.), Die neue Synagoge in Berlin, entworfen und ausgeführt von Eduard Knoblauch, vollendet von August Stüler (Berlin, 1867; Reprint: Berlin, 1992);

Rachel Wischnitzer, The Architecture of the European Synagogue (Philadelphia, 1964);

Carol Herselle Krinsky, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985);

Harold Hammer-Schenk, Synagogen in Deutschland: Geschichte einer Baugattung im 19. Und 20. Jahrhundert (Hamburg, 1981).

Hans Martin Müller, "Synagogen und der Historismus des 19. Jahrhunderts," in: Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Harmen Thies (eds.), Synagogenarchitektur in Deutschland vom Barock zum 'Neuen Bauen' (Braunschweig, 2000), pp. 37-41 with ill.;

Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Harmen Thies (eds.), Synagogenarchitektur in Deutschland: Dokumentation zur Ausstellung "… und ich wurde ihnen zu einem kleinen Heiligtum … " - Synagogen in Deutschland (Petersberg, 2008), pp. 205-8 with ills.; S

harman Kadish, The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland: An Architectural and Social History (New Haven and London, 2011), p. 96;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Synagogue,_Berlin


Krinsky, Carol Herselle. Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985).

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2016

Remarks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neue_Synagoge_(31988648135).jpg

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