Luebeck Synagogue
N 53° 51.794 E 010° 41.350
32U E 611081 N 5969627
Lübeck's synagogue was built in 1879. It is Germany's only functioning pre-war synagogue.
Waymark Code: WMN84C
Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Date Posted: 01/17/2015
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The classic interior – blue ceiling decorated with Stars of David, the women’s gallery supported by wooden beams, the ornate wooden arch curving over the bimah – seems unchanged since the synagogue opened in 1880.
The Lübeck congregation has a parochial school of three grades, and religious instruction for Jewish children attending public schools has been made compulsory by the law of Oct. 17, 1885. The city pays to the congregation an annual subsidy. The rabbis of the congregation have been: Akiba Wertheimer (called also Akiba Victor; up to 1816; d. 1835, as rabbi of Altona); Ephraim Joël, an uncle of Manuel and David Joël (1825-51); Süssmann Adler (teacher and preacher, 1849-51; rabbi, 1851-1869); S. Carlebach, the present (1904) incumbent (since 1869). The congregation has a number of educational, devotional, and social organizations.
Status: Active house of prayer
Denomination/Group: Other
Address:
St.-Annen-Straße 11
Luebeck, Germany
23552
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