Karlsruhe Synagogue

{{Short description|Former synagogue in Karlsruhe, Germany}}

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| rite = Nusach Ashkenaz

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| location = Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg

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| country = Germany

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| architect = Friedrich Weinbrenner

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The Karlsruhe Synagogue ({{langx|de|Synagoge Karlsruhe}}) was a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Karlsruhe, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner in the Egyptian Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1798 and demolished in 1871.

History

An early building by Weinbrenner, the synagogue was "...the first large Egyptian building to be erected since antiquity."{{cite book |author=Brownlee, David |title=Frederich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=1986 |isbn= |page=92 }} It was "… the first public building (that is, not a folly, stage set, or funeral monument) in the Egyptian Revival style." The pair of tall pylons were copied from the temple at Karnak.{{cite journal |author=Appelbaum, Diana Muir |author-link=Diana Muir |title=Jewish Identity and Egyptian Revival Architecture |journal=Journal of Jewish Identities |year=2012 |volume=5 |number=2 |page=7 |issn= |publisher= }}

The structure stood until 1871, following a fire earlier that year. A new synagogue was completed in 1875; and it was destroyed by Nazis on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht.{{cite web |url=https://www.lbi.org/griffinger/record/211350 |title=Karslruhe Synagogue |work=Leo Baeck Institute |publisher= |date=2024 |access-date=7 July 2024 |format=F3287 }}

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