Synagogue (Roxheim)

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[[File:Synagoge Roxheim 1rhb.jpg|thumb|Former Synagoge in Roxheim, 2008]]
The '''Roxheim Synagogue''' was a synagogue built in 1889 in [[Bobenheim-Roxheim|Roxheim]], [[Germany]]. The unrestored building was located on Bobenheimer Strasse and was demolished in the 2010s.

== History ==
The [[Jews in Germany|Jewish community in Roxheim]] had previously used a smaller synagogue, which was destroyed in a heavy flood of the river [[Rhine]] in 1882. In 1889, a new building was consecrated in the old place. It was taller than the predecessor. There was a teacher's apartment on the ground floor and the prayer room upstairs. The documents report a painting "with rosettes, friezes and decorative lines". Parts of the [[Torah]] shrine were gilded.<ref>Rudolf H. Böttcher (böt): Die hebräische Schrift ist abgeschlagen (''[[Die Rheinpfalz]], Frankenthaler Zeitung'' - German local newspaper). No. 279, 29 November 2008.</ref>

Shortly after the First World War, the [[Minjan]] could no longer be reached by ten men of religious age. The community dissolved around 1930. The synagogue was sold and converted into a residential building. Because of the change of ownership, it was not damaged during the Nazi era.

The building was within sight of the Catholic parish church of St. Maria Magdalena from 1834. The building was not listed as a monument. The protection status of the building, also in parts, failed in 1985.<ref>''Die Rheinpfalz, Frankenthaler Zeitung'', 20 July, 25 July, 20 September and 1 October 1985.</ref>

It was the last evidence of a synagogue in the northern [[Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis]] and in the eastern part of the former district of [[Frankenthal]].

== References ==
* [[Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz]]: ''„...und dies ist die Pforte des Himmels“ Synagogen – Rheinland-Pfalz. Saarland''. 2005. p. 118–119.


== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2Xi4oPd Roxheim (Gemeinde Bobenheim-Roxheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis) Jüdische Geschichte / Synagoge] from ''[[Alemannia Judaica]]. (in German) ''


[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:Former synagogues in Germany]]
[[Category:Synagogues completed in 1889]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Germany]]

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