New Synagogue (Darmstadt)
| New Synagogue | |
|---|---|
German: Neue Synagoge | |
 The Torah ark, stained glass windows and synagogue dome | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Status | Active |
| Design features | Stained-glass windows by Brian Clarke |
| Location | |
| Location | Wilhelm-Glässing-Straße 26, Darmstadt, Hessen |
| Country | Germany |
  Location of the synagogue in Hessen | |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°52′03″N 8°39′17″E / 49.8675°N 8.65467°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Alfred Jacoby |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Postmodern |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 200 worshippers |
| Dome(s) | Three |
| Materials | Stone; concrete |
| Website | |
| jg-darmstadt | |
| [1][2][3][4][5] | |
The New Synagogue (German: Neue Synagoge) is a Reform[citation needed] Jewish congregation, synagogue, community centre, and Jewish museum (German: Jüdische Gemeinde), located in Darmstadt, in the state of Hessen, Germany.[6]
History
[edit]Inaugurated on in 1988, the synagogue was built as part of a citizens’ initiative to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht.[7] Known also as the ‘Holocaust Memorial Synagogue’, the architectural complex was designed to fulfil the needs of the city's Jewish population, who had been without a place of worship since the 1938 pogrom when Darmstadt's three synagogues were destroyed.[8] The religious and cultural complex is located on the site of the city's former Gestapo headquarters.[9]
The cultural complex is the site of the local museum of Jewish history and culture, Museum der Jüdischen Gemeinde Darmstadt.
Architecture
[edit]The building was designed by Alfred Jacoby in the Postmodernist style, and features stained glass windows designed by British architectural artist Brian Clarke.[1]
The first "newly constructed synagogue in the postwar period to recall the traditional form of a central, domed building", the design marked the start of Jacoby's development of a distinct modern Jewish religious architectural vernacular.[10]
Gallery
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The north wall of the New Synagogue, with stained glass by Brian Clarke
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Post-WWII Synagogue in Darmstadt". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ Schwartz, Hans-Peter (1988). Die Architektur Der Synagoge (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Deutsches Architekturmuseum.
- ^ Geller, Jay; Morris, Leslie, eds. (September 21, 2016). "Between Memory and Normalcy". Three-Way Street: Jews, Germans, and the Transnational. University of Michigan Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780472130122.
- ^ Necker, Sylvia (June 1, 2017). "Synagogues at the Intersection of Architecture, Town, and Imagination". In Lässig, Simone; Rürup, Miriam (eds.). Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History: Volume 8 of New German Historical Perspectives (First ed.). Berghahn Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-78533-554-9.
- ^ Alicke, Klaus-Diete (November 17, 2008). "Darmstadt (Hesse)". Lexikon: Der Jüdischer Gemeinden im deutschen Sprachraum (in German) (First ed.). Gütersloher Verlagshaus. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ Aeppel, Timothy. "Facing shadows of the past: Germans mark Jewish persecution". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "Wer ein Haus baut, der will Bleiben". Darmstädter Echo. Echo Zeitungen GmbH. November 10, 2008.
- ^ Hein, Rainer (November 10, 2013). "Neue Synagoge in Darmstadt: Zeichen des Glauben, der Versöhnung und Zuversicht". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Beuth Verlag GmbH. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ Reinhold-Postina, Eva (1988). Neumann, Moritz (ed.). Das Darmstädter Synagogenbuch : eine Dokumentation zur Synagogen-Einweihung am 9. November 1988 : im Auftrag des Magistrats der Stadt Darmstadt und der Jüdischen Gemeinde Darmstadt (in German). Darmstadt: E. Roether Verlag. OCLC 27644657.
- ^ Singer, David, ed. (1996). "Federal Republic of Germany: Synagogue boom". American Jewish Year Book. 96. VNR AG: 292.
Further reading
[edit]- Frenzel, Martin (2008). "Eine Zierde unserer Stadt": Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft der Liberalen Synagoge Darmstadt. Darmstadt: Justus von Liebig Verlag.
- "Die Bürgerschaft gibt der jüdischen Gemeinde eine Synagoge zurück": Einweihung der Synagoge in Darmstadt 9. November 1988:Ansprachen. (1989). Germany: Magistrat der Stadt Darmstadt, Presse und Informationsamt.
External links
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Media related to New Synagogue (Darmstadt) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in German)
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