Moringen synagogue

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Schneehof 1
37186 Moringen
Germany

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In 1829, the Jewish community of Moringen builds its own synagogue on a plot of land "off the beaten track", in Schneehof 1. A half-timbered building is erected, each with four floor-to-ceiling windows with segmental/round arches on the long sides, two windows on the east side. Towards the east there was presumably also an apse for the Torah shrine. Inside, a women's lodge is suspected.

At the beginning of 1938, the congregation has to give up and sell the synagogue after declining membership. After a reconstruction, it serves as a residential building, which, however, allows it to survive the pogroms in November 1938. 

In the uppermost transoms on the north and east sides, repaired recesses can be seen (lighter in color), which still bear witness to the previous, round windows. 

The building is a listed building.

Ereignisse
Beschreibung
Decision made to build a synagogue (cf. Avraham p. 1061).
Ereignis
Datum Von
1829-01-01
Datum bis
1829-12-31
Datierung
1829
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
Beschreibung
Purchase of the Schneehof 1 property (cf. Avraham p. 1061).
Ereignis
Datum Von
1836-01-01
Datum bis
1836-12-31
Datierung
1836
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
Beschreibung
Dedication of the newly built synagogue (cf. Avraham p. 1061).
Ereignis
Datum Von
1838-07-15
Datum bis
1838-07-15
Datierung
15. Juli 1838
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
Beschreibung
Sale of the synagogue to private person, beginning of 1938 (cf. Avraham p. 1063).
Ereignis
Datum Von
1938-01-01
Datum bis
1938-12-31
Datierung
1938
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
Beschreibung
Conversion and change of use as living space. Removal of windows & apse?, installation of a false ceiling.
Ereignis
Datum Von
1938-01-01
Datum bis
1938-12-31
Datierung
1938
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
Literatur
Avraham, Tamar: Moringen. In: Obenauf (Hg), Historisches Handbuch der jüdischen Gemeinden in Niedersachsen und Bremen, Bd. II, Göttingen 2005. S. 1057-1065.
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