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Synagogue in Dransfeld
Object Detail
After the renovation of 2022, the synagogue was unveiled as a remembrance space

Building Date
1836

Synagogue active dates
1836-1938

Reconstruction Dates
2022 (renovation)

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Between 1951 and 1975, the synagogue building was used as a Catholic church.

Between 1981 and 2010s, the building was used as a carpentry.

In 2023, it was inaugurated as a place of remembrance. 


Condition

Present Usage
Memorial

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
B (Fair)

Bibliography

"Dransfeld (Niedersachsen)," Aus der Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinden im deutschen Sprachraum, https://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/c-d/157-dransfeld-niedersachsen (accessed October 20, 2022)

"Ehemalige Synagoge in Dransfeld wird zum Raum der Erinnerung," HNA, June 3, 2023, https://www.hna.de/lokales/hann-muenden/ehemalige-synagoge-in-dransfeld-wird-zum-raum-der-erinnerung-92318788.html (accessed May 13, 2024)

"Synagoge (Dransfeld),"
Wikipedia, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoge_(Dransfeld).

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2022

Remarks

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