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The Synagogue in Glockengasse was a synagogue in Cologne that was built according to the plans of the architect of the Cologne Cathedral, Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. It was built in the area of the previous Monastery of St. Clarissa, where a modest hall of prayer had been erected in the years of the French occupation and had been closed in 1853 because it was unsafe.〔Kober, Cologne, p.240〕 On June 10, 1856, after much discussion in the Jewish communal executive board whether it was better to build a synagogue in the same or a different spot, Abraham Oppenheim, son of Salomon Oppenheim, Jr., announced his readiness to erect at his own cost and to present to the community a synagogue, worthy of the Glockengasse. Drucker-Emden, a member of the Jewish communal administration, supported the decision. The cornerstone laying took place on June 23, 1857.〔Künzl, p. 284.〕 On August 29, 1861 a procession moved from the provisional synagogue on St. Apernstrasse, over Breitestrasse and Columbastrasse, towards the new synagogue. It was dedicated to Rabbi Israel Schwarz. A memorial tablet dedicated to the donor was placed inside the synagogue and a medal of silver and bronze was struck.〔(Historical medal struck for the dedication of the Glockengasse synagogue )〕 In June 1867 a fire damaged the building.〔Künzl, p. 285.〕 In the same year , the son of , Abraham’s brother, and his wife sold to the Jewish community a piece of ground on the south side of the synagogue and a strip on the east side that made possible to enlarge the synagogue, erect a smaller synagogue for week-day services and leave room for a court.〔Kober, Cologne, p.242-243〕 The fiftieth anniversary of the synagogue was celebrated in 1911. During World War I the large cupola, as well as the smaller ones, were deprived of their original copper covering. This copper had become one of the most beautiful, artistic cupolas in the City of Cologne with its original patina. In consequence of the removal the four towers on the outside pillars were dismantled and restored only in 1925 while the replacement of the copper covering was postponed for financial reasons.〔Kober, Cologne, p.243〕 The synagogue was destroyed during the Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938 together with the other synagogues in Cologne.〔see photo on http://www.msacerdoti.it/coloniasinagoga.jpg〕 The modernist Cologne Opera House now occupies the site. A bronze tablet on its façade on Offenbachplatz remembers the site of the synagogue. The synagogue has been recreated in virtual form at 〔(Virtual German synagogues < Special places < info < Peter Marquis-Kyle )〕〔(Art and Exhibition Hall - Exhibitions - Synagogues in Germany - A Virtual Reconstruction> )〕 == Architecture == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glockengasse Synagogue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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