Beaumarais Synagogue (Saarlouis)

According to a report from 1817, the Jews living in Beaumarais attended the synagogue in Wallerfangen, which was apparently not unproblematic, since in that year there was a dispute between the Jews living in Beaumarais and Wallerfangen. Presumably, the Jewish families in Beaumarais already wanted to break away from Wallerfangen at that time and have their own prayer hall. However, this did not happen until the middle of the 19th century. Between 1844 and 1850 a synagogue could be built at the Muhlenstraße. Although Beaumarais was at that time still branch to the community in Wallerfangen, however, there was no longer sufficient space in the synagogue there due to the increased number of Jewish community members. 
   
The synagogue built in Beaumarais was a simple longitudinal hall building with a gable roof. On the street side it had three high round-arched windows, and on the southeast gable wall a round window. 
   
In 1891, the congregation wanted to build a new building, but a request for financial support from the Ministry of the Interior was denied, making a new building impossible. It remained with the previous synagogue, which was sufficient due to the declining number of community members since the beginning of the 20th century and was probably abandoned as early as 1936. At the November pogrom 1938 it came apparently thereby to no actions against the building.
   
The former synagogue initially remained vacant for a long time after 1945, until 1962 a warehouse was established. In 1967, the building has been demolished to the height of the window sills, was raised and converted into a residential building.