{"id":1603,"date":"2018-08-29T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/?page_id=1603"},"modified":"2022-04-02T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:51:59","slug":"ehemalige-synagoge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/ehemalige-synagoge\/","title":{"rendered":"Former synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Former Synagogue<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The synagogue with Jewish school and rabbi\u2019s apartment was erected in 1755\/56. Together with the Israelite cemetery founded about 50 years earlier and comprising 373 preserved gravestones, it is the only structural evidence of Muehlhausen\u2019s long Jewish history authentically passed to us. The synagogue belongs to the few synagogue buildings of the baroque period in Bavaria. By this it is actually one of the oldest preserved synagogues in Bavaria.<\/p>\n

Muehlhausen\u2019s synagogue is a two-storey, rectangular massive structure with hipped roof. The facades are plastered and framed by square-section corner pilaster strips. The street facade is structured in five axes by regularly placed windows with segmental arches. The entrance, also decorated with a segmental arch, was originally located at the rightmost axis. From here, the school and the rabbi\u2019s appartment could be entered. In 1938, a rectangular barn\u2019s entry with wooden gate\u00a0extending to the half of the upper floor <\/span>was broken into the southern half of the street facade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ansicht<\/a>
View of the western facade with barn\u2019s entry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The synagogue\u2019s Prayer Room lays in the eastern, rear sector of the building with the entrance at the southern facade. The segmental arch of this entrance is accentuated by its capstone. Above, the coat of arms of House of Egloffstein is elaborately worked in relief. A so called marriage stone with a circular, six-leaved flower and a Hebrew inscription were placed on the right side of the entrance.<\/p>\n

\"Ansicht<\/a>
View of the entrance at the southern facade with coat of arms and marriage stone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"\"<\/a>
Marriage stone \u2013 chuppah stone. \u201cThe sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom\u201d (Jer 7:34; Jer 33:11). The words \u201cI want to sing [to the] Lord\u201d indicate the year 5516 using minor era (=1755\/56).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The Prayer Room\u2019s ceiling is constructed as a flattened cloister vault with lunettes embellished with colourful stucco ornaments. These ornaments in the style of the construction\u2019s period show an ornate decoration with ribbon- and leaf-shaped elements.<\/p>\n

\"Innenansicht<\/a>
Interior view of the Prayer Room with stucco ceiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A stucco frame curved and profiled in baroque style confines the ceiling medallion. In the triangle in its centre, a Hebrew verse from the Old Testament reports the year of construction as chronogram: \u201cLift up your eyes [and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.]\u201d (Isaiah 40:26). The letters shin, resh, waw and yodh marked by dots form the Jewish year 5516 using minor era (= 1755\/56).<\/p>\n

\"Innenansicht,<\/a>
Interior view, ceiling medallion with Hebrew verse and chronogram in its centre (triangle).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the former synagogues and Prayer Rooms do not exist anymore. The largest synagogue building of our region, which is fortunately well preserved, is located in Muehlhausen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3D model of the former synagogue<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
3D model of the former synagogue Muehlhausen on display in Heimatmuseum H\u00f6chstadt a.d. Aisch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since early March 2022 the former synagogue Muehlhausen can be admired in a 3D model on the scale of 1:30.\u00a0As the roof is removable, the model allows to look inside the building. There you can see the floor plan planned for the renovation, which is based on the situation before 1938. By the use of a Plexiglas plate as intermediate floor, also the rooms of the ground floor are visible.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
View inside the 3D model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The entrance of the former synagogue is formed by a large two-winged door. The windows of the prayer room, bricked up in the lower half after 1938, are open again. Especially impressive is the design of the western side of the prayer room where the appearance of the women\u2019s gallery is reconstructed in its condition of 1755\/56, the year of the construction of the synagogue.<\/p>\n

Here you can get to more information about the project<\/a> and to the newspaper articles.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Former Synagogue The synagogue with Jewish school and rabbi\u2019s apartment was erected in 1755\/56. Together with the Israelite cemetery founded about 50 years earlier and comprising 373 preserved gravestones, it is the only structural evidence of Muehlhausen\u2019s long Jewish history authentically passed to us. The synagogue belongs to the few synagogue buildings of the … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Former synagogue”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1603","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}