New Synagogue, Dresden
The New Synagogue since 2001, the synagogue of the Jewish community of Dresden. It is located at Hasenbergstraße 1 at elevated old town banks of the Elbe between the former fortifications on Brühl's Terrace and the head of the Carola Bridge.
- 2.2.1 Physical
- 2.2.2 interior
History
The synagogue and the community center were built on the site, from 1840 up to the November 1938 pogroms was the Old Synagogue of Gottfried Semper at the. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 9 November 1998, exactly 60 years after the destruction of the Semper Synagogue. The consecration was laid on 9 November, this time in 2001. The new synagogue in Dresden is the first synagogue building in East Germany.
In 1997, an international competition for the complex of synagogue and community center was announced. The Jewish community of Dresden decided to use the third-place design from Saarbrücken architects Wandel, Hoefer and Lorch Hirsch. The building complex was completed in 2001. The new building was recognized in 2002 as a European Building of the Year. The New Synagogue is an " in itself turned eastward cube ", where the " selected cube shape ... at the first temples of the Israelites " oriented. By construction defects both buildings of the 22- million-euro construction project are leaking. As regards additional annual costs in the five -digit euro bring the Jewish community constantly in financial emergencies.
Description
The New Synagogue and the community center consists of two opposing, towering cubes of " solid molded brick with sandstone character." A Vernunftsrationalismus the abstract and modernity characterize the building complex.
New Synagogue
Appearance
The building has been built with " sandstone character, analogous to the Western Wall Jerusalem " in colored concrete (massive conglomerates ). The gray - yellowish color and the structure of the building fit in well with the sandstone architecture of Dresden's Old Town.
The building is 24 meters high. The facade consists of 34 layers of molded brick masonry, each layer is slightly rotated relative to the lower. While the lower stone layer is oriented to the land reaches the top layer of bricks in height of 24 meters a precise alignment to the east. With this trick optimum utilization of the narrow land are ( after the war by new bridge reduced) and necessary alignment of the compass connected. The dynamics of rotation puts the monumentality of the building, and by the shifted stones creates interesting shadows.
The portal consists of a double-leaf wooden door 2.2 meters wide and 5.5 meters high. In golden Hebrew letters the inscription was placed, which was also read at the old synagogue. " My house is a house of prayer to all nations " Over the portal of the Star of David original was attached, the Dresdner firefighter Alfred Neugebauer after the November pogroms 1938 had saved.
Interior
To the east of the interior is the ark ( aron ha - Qodesch ) in which four Torah scrolls, each 1 meter height, 35 kg in weight and (unwound ) about 54 meters in length are kept, the podium with the Vorbeterpult ( Bima ), which Eternal Light ( Ner Tamid ) and an electronic organ.
" The synagogue shows the pair of terms temple and tent as basic architectural experience of Judaism. " That's why the interior as a space ( "tent" ) in the space ("Temple " ) is constructed. Suspended from the ceiling, forming a canopy- like tent made of metal mesh to the actual meeting room, which is aligned with the ceiling grid and always faces east so. The fabric is a " symbolic tabernacle made of braided metal " is:
"Just this festive, golden shimmering curtain that surrounds the praying church as a protective cloth, holds a beautiful lyrical poetry. It also symbolizes the Flexible, fracturing of Judaism, while the stone temple, the eternal, Indelible of the Jewish faith itself brings to expression. So temple and tent motifs as basic architectural experience of Judaism. "
Community center
Appearance
South of the synagogue is the somewhat lower community center, consisting of a 1,400 m² 3- storey foyer with Funktionalbau. The community rooms are facing the courtyard a large glass front. So " open [ the building ] like a peep show to the public court. " 39 small windows divide the facade towards the three sides of the street.
Interior
The community center serves the community as a multi-purpose building and is also a " place of encounter with Judaism " to be. So there also events and concerts. In the large community hall of the center 300 sleeps. The two upper floors there is a library, administrative offices, a meeting room and training rooms. Also the study of the rabbi is to be found there.