Open doors in the synagogue!

Name: Open doors in the synagogue!
Start: 2022-09-18T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T12:30:00+02:00
Location: Synagogue

Take a tour of the synagogue to learn about the history of the commune’s Jewish community and understand the restoration work of the building.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 10:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

Registration

secretariat@cihr.fr

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Take a tour of the synagogue to learn about the history of the commune’s Jewish community and understand the restoration work of the building.

Bernard Antmann, President of the association Friends of the Schule de Guebwiller, will guide you during a visit that will allow you to discover the history of the Jewish community of Guebwiller, but also generalities about the Jewish religion, its practices and its various festivals...
At 10:30 am, Mr.Jean-Luc Isner, heritage architect, will present the project of restoration of the synagogue as a whole.

About the location

Synagogue

7 Rue de l'Ancien Hôpital, 68500 Guebwiller

Haut-Rhin
Grand Est

Built in March 1870, the Guebwiller Synagogue bears witness to the neo-Byzantine architecture of the 19th century and the Jewish history of the town. Consisting of an inner nave, two aisles with grandstands and a wooden coffered ceiling, it faces south-east towards Jerusalem.
The Jewish community of Guebwiller is very old. It can be said to date from the thirteenth century. In 1333, a synagogue is mentioned. In 1349, the community was destroyed, accused of being at the origin of the plague. In 1784, the community was reconstituted and gathered about 40 people.
Replacing a 19th-century building that had become too small, the current synagogue was inaugurated in 1872\. During the Second World War, it was severely ransacked by the Nazis, but the furniture was saved from destruction by the local population.
In 1957, the synagogue received its first restoration and was protected as a Historic Monument in 1984\. Between 2000 and 2019, various maintenance works are carried out.