Contemporary synagogue (former community house) in Braunschweig
Object Detail
built as comminity center
Building Date
1873-1875 (community house, Uhde), 2006 (synagogue)
Synagogue active dates
2006 - present
Reconstruction Dates
2006 (reconstructed as JCC and synagogue)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Concrete
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
In place of the synagogue, which was destroyed in 1938 and demolished in 1940, a bunker was built immediately after the demolition and still exists today.
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
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
A (Good)
Bibliography
http://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/a-b/462-braunschweig-niedersachsen
http://www.zentralratdjuden.de/de/topic/59.gemeinden.html?gemeinde=51
Katrin Kessler, Ulrich Knufinke, Jewish Culture and HIstory in the region of Braunschweig-Wolfsburg (Merian Guide, Munich, 2017), p. 25.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Ulrich Knufinke
Photographer
Photograph Date
2008
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 52.260994, 10.516778