New Synagogue (Darmstadt)
Synagogue and museum in Darmstadt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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 |
| 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] | |
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.
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]
The north wall of the New Synagogue, with stained glass by Brian Clarke
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