Synagogue in Wörlitz
Object Detail
Building Date
1789
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Style
Unknown|
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
The only known example of a synagogue built as a part of the park ensemble.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Harmen Thies (eds.), Synagogenarchitektur in Deutschland vom Barock zum 'Neuen Bauen' (Braunschweig, 2000) pp. 54-56 with ills and plans;
Harmen Thies, "Analysis and Reconstruction: The Residence-Church in Würzburg and the "Temple of Jews" in Wörlitz," in: I. Sarageldin, E. Shluger, J. Martin-Brown (eds.), Historic Cities and Sacred Sited: Cultural Roots for Urban Futures (Washington, The World Bank, 2001);
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. 143-6 with ills.;
Holger Brülls, Synagogen in Sachsen-Anhalt (Berlin, 1998), pp. 46-71 with ills, p. 241
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1999
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 51.845509, 12.424197