Synagogue
Former synagogue in Miltenberg whose domed sanctuary was destroyed down to the basement in 1938 – now a listed building.
The building at Mainstraße 57 was the third synagogue of Miltenberg's Jewish community and was erected in 1903–1904. After its reconstruction it first served office use and later became residential.
Source: Wikipedia
At a Glance
- Type
- Deconsecrated (former) synagogue, the third built by Miltenberg's Jewish community
- Location
- Mainstraße 57, Miltenberg (Lower Franconia, Bavaria)
- Construction
- 1903–1904
- Status
- Listed historic building
- Notable feature
- Domed structure destroyed in 1938, later rebuilt for office and residential use
History
Plans for a new building date back to the 1880s. A synagogue and school-building association was founded in 1889, with Wilhelm Klingenstein among its donors. In 1902 city architect Ludwig Frosch was commissioned with the design; work began after approval in March 1903 but had to be halted due to deviations from the plans. Following a repeated foundation-laying ceremony, construction resumed on 17 June 1903 under Frosch's continued supervision, and the building was inaugurated between 26 and 28 August 1904.
Architecture
Co-architect Ludwig Hofmann from Herborn joined the project and revised the design; he had previously built Miltenberg's Protestant Johanneskirche (1895–1897), the schoolhouse, and Gustav Jacob's villa. The two-story building, constructed of ashlar sandstone, features a mansard hip roof. A raised central projection topped with a shallow pyramidal roof lends the historicist-style building its distinctive silhouette.
A 1910 Description
A contemporary account from 1910 describes a tall domed structure containing a spacious sanctuary with a women's gallery, alongside a two-story schoolhouse with a classroom and a teacher's apartment. The lower level housed a woodshed, a laundry room, and the former Fischerbrunnen well, with provisions for a ritual bath to be added there if needed.
Destruction and Present Use
During the November Pogroms of 1938, the domed sacred hall was destroyed down to its basement foundation. In the following years the building was reconstructed for office use, later serving institutions including the rural police and the labor office. After being sold to a private owner in 1967, it was converted into residential use.
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