Synagoge Neudeggergasse
The synagogue was a club Neudeggergasse synagogue of Temple Club Josefstadt in Vienna's 8th district of Josefstadt. The synagogue in Neudeggergasse 12 was based on plans by Max Fleischer built in 1903 in Gothic style in 1938 and completely destroyed during the November pogroms.
History
The club synagogue in Neudeggergasse was financed entirely by private funds, the foundation for the new building came from the bequest of Baron Moritz von Königswarter. The establishment of the synagogue was operated from the Temple Club Josefstadt, the architect Max Fleischer commissioned in 1897 with the planning of the synagogue. Looking for a suitable property, the club struck gold in the Neudeggergasse 12 where the house was built in 1777 " The Golden Sun" demolished. Then the temple club submitted the project to the City Council. Although the construction project received the approval of the Building Authority, the City Council refused, however, because he probably due to the Ring Theatre fire in 1881 responded sensitively on major projects. This was followed between the two parties, a process that had to be done twice all instances in six years. Finally found the Administrative Court that the so-called theater law was not be allocated to the construction of religious buildings and thus the synagogue could be built. Nevertheless, the temple club had to accept some limitations of the authorities. For example, the number of visitors was limited to 580 persons and the number of outputs increased from seven to thirteen. The foundation stone for the construction of the synagogue was finally on 10 February 1903. Only six months later, the temple will be completed. As a congregational rabbi and religion teacher worked from the opening of the synagogue, a native of Slovakia Rabbi Moritz Bauer.
In 1938 the interior of the synagogue was destroyed and boarded up the entrance into the building. In 1940, the demolition of the building. The plot with 865 m² had been incorporated already in January 1939 for the purposes of the Deed Law in the ownership of the Mautner Markhof Brauerei Schwechat AG. In 1948 the land was reserved by the Restitution Commission at the Regional Court of Vienna and returned to the Jewish Community of Vienna, in 1953 sold the property to the city of Vienna. This was 1955/56, on which today largely built property constructed a, designed by Franz O. Böhm residential complex.
In 1996, the club was founded " Subject Neudeggergasse " which from the beginning has been dedicated as the location of the only synagogue new building as a social and cultural club and the history of Neudeggergasse. Launched in 1998, this association in cooperation with Jewish cultural associations that accompanied by multi-week programs project to terms with the past " Lost Neighborhood", the 2008 " Lost neighborhood of Vienna - Buenos Aires " was conducted jointly with the cultural services of the participating cities and states again. Here, residents emigrated Neudeggergasse were tracked down and invited to visit and discussions. 2008 in Vienna and Buenos Aires each a café with video conference tables set up to allow Jewish immigrants from New communicate with current inhabitants Neudeggergasse or the district can.
Building
The exterior of the synagogue was dominated by the Gothic architecture, the butcher apply an end in several of its synagogues. The synagogue Neudeggergasse remembered doing a lot of the medieval brick buildings in northern Germany. The roadside facade was there clad -washed brick, the facade of the courtyard dominated ordinary Bauziegeln. The exterior facade was dominated by the two tall, zinc -clad towers, pinnacles were surrounded by four, also zinc- clad. Added to this was the large rose shaped window on the isosceles gable. The interior was divided into three naves. The nave was entered by the roadside nearby porch, across from her was on the east side of the apse. The porch served on weekdays as a prayer room. The apse was dominated by a Holzverbau, extended over the whole width of the nave. The ark was behind the pulpit, which had been conducted with wrought iron railing bars. Was driven nave of pointed arches and iron supporting columns. The interior design had not yet been completed at the time of opening. Only later a neo-Gothic painting was executed.