Jewish Architecture

Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Contact: Katrin Keßler, Mirko Przystawik
Pockelsstr. 4
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
T +49 531 391-25 25
F +49 531 391-25 30
[email protected]
www.bet-tfila.org
Generously supported by:
Jewish Architecture
New Sources and Approaches
Stehpultbeschriftung_Quadrat_3_Layout 1 03.12.11 11:34 Seite 1
Many thanks to:
VILLA SELIGMANN
International Conference,
April 1–3, 2014, TU Braunschweig
Introduction
Twenty years ago, in 1994, Prof. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin of
Jerusalem and Prof. Harmen Thies of Braunschweig met by
chance at a conference on Romanesque art in the town of
Halberstadt. When they decided on a cooperation to
document and research Jewish architecture, nobody ever
thought that this "marriage" would last for such a long time
and that the alliance would be so successful.
During the past 20 years, several research projects, surveys,
exhibitions, etc. have been realized, generously supported
by various private donors, public institutions, and
foundations (among them, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und
Halbach-Stiftung, Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim-Stiftung,
BMBF, Central Council of Jews in Germany, DFG, G.I.F.,
and the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony).
Several research projects have been carried out by the joint
German-Israeli team: Jewish ritual buildings in Germany up
until 1945 were researched in several German states as well
as synagogue buildings and Jewish community centers
since 1945, Jewish ritual baths in Germany, etc. In addition,
five dissertation projects have been completed and
published, supervized by Prof. Harmen Thies and Prof. Aliza
Cohen-Mushlin.
The conference is generously supported by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
(Pro*Niedersachsen),
Stiftung Niedersachsen,
Technische Universität Braunschweig,
and
Verein zur Förderung der Bet Tfila – Forschungsstelle für
jüdische Architektur in Europa e. V.
Bet Tfila publishes the results of its research in a series of
publications: volume 7 of the "Publications of Bet Tfila" was
published only a few days ago, and the "Studies of Bet Tfila"
comprises four volumes.
Two traveling exhibitions – one on the history of synagogue
architecture in Germany and the other on the development
of Reform synagogues – have been shown throughout
Germany during the past years.
Introduction
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
To celebrate this anniversary, Bet Tfila – Research Unit for
Jewish Architecture in Europe is holding a second
international conference on “Jewish Architecture – New
Sources and Approaches” in order to discuss the actual and
future approach to architecture as part of the Jewish visual
heritage. On the basis of primary sources and case studies,
the tangible evidence of Jewish architecture will be revealed,
analyzed, and placed in contrast to European architecture.
The conference will emphasize the documentation and
preservation of Jewish monuments and sites as well as their
integration and transformation into museums.
14:00–14:30 Conference Opening
The conference will continue the discussion and network
established during the previous Bet Tfila conference, held in
2007 (published in “Jewish Architecture in Europe,” ed. by
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Harmen H. Thies, Petersberg
2010). Bet Tfila is looking forward to future projects with
new partners.
Chair: Alexander von Kienlin, Institut für Baugeschichte,
Braunschweig
Opening Addresses
- Katrin Keßler, Bet Tfila
- Jürgen Hesselbach, President of the TU Braunschweig
- Jochen Litterst, Bet Tfila e.V.
Key Note "20 Years of German-Israeli Cooperation"
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin & Harmen H. Thies
14:30–16:30 “The Building as Source“
Lee Shai Weissbach, University of Louisville (KY)
“Synagogue Buildings as Primary Sources: The Example of
America”
Hans-Christof Haas, Bayerisches Landesamt für
Denkmalpflege, Memmelsdorf
“The Synagogue of Allersheim/Lower Franconia:
An Example of a Building Style that has almost been lost”
Fani Gargova, Washington (DC)
“The Synagogue of Sofia – A Reassessment of the Role of
the Bulgarian Sephardic Community at the Turn of the 20th
Century through its Architecture”
Michael Brocke, Steinheim Institut, Duisburg/Essen
“Memorial Architecture in the Worms Medieval Cemetery”
Participants of the first conference of the Bet Tfila – Research Unit
in front of the Celle Synagogue (2007).
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.1
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
17:00–18:30 “Architect, Building, and Design”
9:00–10:30 “The Architect and his Design”
Ilia Rodov, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
“Architecture as Source: On the Liturgy in Medieval
Ashkenazic Synagogues”
Hagit Hadaya, Ottawa
“Eastern European Synagogue Traditions in Canada”
Rudolf Klein, Szent István University, Budapest
“Béla Lajta and Jewishness in Architecture:
Motives, Humor and Structural Principles”
Pirkko-Liisa Schulman, Helsinki
“Jac. Ahrenberg: The Unconventional Choice for an
Architect of the Helsinki Synagogue”
Christa Frateantonio, Leibniz Universität, Hannover
“Turin’s Jewish Community and the Mole Antonelliana”
Sylvia Necker, Hamburg, & Ulrich Knufinke, Bet Tfila,
Braunschweig
“Jewish Ways to Architecture between the Weimar
Republic, National Socialism, and Emigration”
Chair: Harmen H. Thies, Bet Tfila, Braunschweig
Chair: Vladimir Levin, Center for Jewish Art/Bet Tfila,
Jerusalem
11:00–12:30 “Archival Sources on
Jewish Architecture“
Chair: Hermann Simon, Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin –
Centrum Judaicum
Martha Stellmacher, Europäisches Zentrum für Jüdische
Musik, Hannover
“Architectural Drawings of Synagogue Organs”
Katrin Keßler, Bet Tfila, Braunschweig
“Unkosher Mikva’ot in Germany”
Bob Martens, Technische Universität, & Herbert Peter,
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
“Virtual Reconstruction Work on Destroyed Synagogues”
— Lunch break —
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.1
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.1
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
14:00–16:00 “Jewish Architecture in Literature”
9:00–10:30 “Jewish Architecture and Politics“
Yonatan Adler, Ariel University, Ariel
“The Mikveh in Germany: The Rabbinic Literary Sources”
Doron Bar, The Schechter Institute, Jerusalem
“Aspects of Architecture and Space Design in the Reinterment of European Notable Zionists in the Land of
Israel, 1904–1967”
Chair: Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Center for Jewish Art/Bet Tfila,
Jerusalem
Annette Weber, Hochschule für jüdische Studien,
Heidelberg
“Literary Reception of Jewish Sacred Architecture between
the Middle Ages and Today”
Chair: Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Leibniz Universität,
Hannover
Vladimir Levin, Center for Jewish Art/Bet Tfila, Jerusalem
“Synagogues and Politics in Eastern Europe”
Sergey Kravtsov, Center for Jewish Art/Bet Tfila, Jerusalem
“The Modern-Time Theoretical Reconstructions of the
Mishnaic Temple as a Source for Synagogue Architecture”
Cecile E. Kuznitz, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
“Towards a Yiddish Architecture”
Mirko Przystawik, Bet Tfila, Braunschweig
“Ludwig Levy and his Synagogue Designs:
The Strassburg Synagogue in Print Media”
11:00–12:30 “Jewish Architecture in Museums“
17:00–18:00 Visit of Braunschweig’s Synagogue
Guided tour by Renate Wagner-Redding, Head of the Jewish
Community of Braunschweig
19:00–20:00 Reception at Schloss Richmond
Chair: Hans-Jürgen Derda, Braunschweigisches
Landesmuseum, Braunschweig
Tania Coen-Uzzielli, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“The Synagogue Route: Holiness and Beauty at the Israel
Museum. Reconstructions of Synagogues in Context:
Case Study Suriname Synagogue”
Maroš Borský, Jewish Community Museum, Bratislava
“Between the Orthodox Synagogue and the Museum:
The New Jewish Community Museum in Bratislava”
The city of of Braunschweig welcomes the conference
participants at Schloss Richmond, Wolfenbütteler Str. 55,
Braunschweig.
Anat Falbel, State University of Campinas, São Paulo
“Jewish Architecture in São Paulo, Brazil:
A Case Study Between Diasporic Representation and
Jewish Nationalism”
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.1
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.1
Thursday, April 3, 2014
— Lunch break & travel to Hannover —
Welcome address by Susanne Rode-Breymann,
President of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und
Medien, Hannover
14:00–16:00 “Jewish Architecture – Monument
and/or Memorial“
Chair: Andreas Brämer, Institut für die Geschichte der
deutschen Juden, Hamburg
Rebekka Denz, Braunschweig
“Dealing with Architectonic Traces of Jewish History in the
Countryside: Case Studies from Lower Franconia”
Poster Section
Poster Section
Julia Ess, Vienna
“Mikveh Hohenems. An early 19th-century Jewish Ritual Bath”
Anastasia Felcher, Lucca
“'Jewish Spaces' and Architecture in today's L'viv:
Value Creation and Challenges for Maintenance”
Jana Fuchs, Jena
“The Non-Reconstruction of the Great Synagogue in Warsaw and
the Use of its Site after WW II”
Stefanie Fuchs, Heidelberg
“Turm in der Tiefe oder Schachtbau? Offene Fragen in der
Mikwenforschung/3D-Scan der Mikwe in Andernach“
Dan-Ionuţ Julean, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
“Jewish Heritage of Transylvania. Challenges for Romania
as Part of the European Routes of Jewish Heritage”
Simon Paulus, Universität Stuttgart
“Becoming World Cultural Heritage: Historical Sites and
Ritual Architecture of Medieval Ashkenaz”
Sarah Sher, World Monuments Fund, New York
“Successful Strategies for Historic Synagogue
Conservation & Reuse”
Visit of Bet Tfila’s traveling exhibition “Synagogue and
Temple” at the Villa Seligmann, Hannover
Guided tour through the Villa Seligmann
by Berthold Burkhardt and Andor Izsák
Europäisches Zentrum für jüdische Musik, Villa Seligmann,
Hohenzollernstraße 39, Hannover
Gabriel Hartl, Bratislava
“Adaptation of former Synagogues to new Function.
Reconstruction of former Synagogue in Žilina, Slovakia”
Maximilian Kürten, Mainz
“Word - Symbol - Architecture. The New Synagogue in Mainz by
Manuel Herz”
Ágnes Oszkó, Budapest
“Baumhorn’s Synagogues in European Context –
Viewpoint of an Art Historian”
Valeria Rainoldi, Verona
“Verona and its Synagogue between the 19th and 20th centuries”
Ulrike Unterweger, Vienna
“Fritz Landauer, Richard Neutra, and the 1924 Competition for a
Synagogue in Vienna”
TU Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, Auditorium SN 22.2
Guided Tour
April 2, 2014
Guided Tour
April 3, 2014
Visit of Braunschweig’s Synagogue
Visit of the Villa Seligmann
The Jewish community’s synagogue in Braunschweig was
erected in 2006 in the backyard of the 19th-century
community center. The building integrates a wall of the
bunker that was erected on the site of the former synagogue
destroyed during Kristallnacht.
The Villa Seligmann, the early 20th-century domicile of the
Seligmann family, was restored between 2006 and 2012 by
Berthold Burkhardt. Today it houses the Sigmund
Seligmann-Stiftung and the European Centre for Jewish
Music at the Hannover University of Music, Drama and
Media.
Guided tour through the synagogue by Renate WagnerRedding, Head of the Jewish community, in German
language with simultaneous translation in English.
The European Centre for Jewish Music contains collections
of publications on Jewish music, music instruments, and
scores.
Guided tour through the villa by Berthold Burkhardt,
architect of the restoration work, and Andor Izsák, founder
of the European Centre for Jewish Music.
Jewish Community of Braunschweig
Steinstr. 4, Braunschweig
Europäisches Zentrum für jüdische Musik, Villa Seligmann,
Hohenzollernstraße 39, Hannover
WiFi
Exhibition
April 3, 2014
Synagogue and Temple – 200 Years of the
Jewish Reform Movement and Its Architecture
Around 1800, Germany formed the starting point of the
Jewish Reform movement. The Jewish Enlightenment, the
Haskalah, called not only for equal rights of the Jews but
also for a reorganization of the Jewish service. Religious and
liturgical impulses originated in such German towns as
Berlin, Dessau, Frankfurt/Main, and Hamburg. In Seesen,
the Brunswick court banker Israel Jacobson contributed
crucially to the beginnings of the international reformed
and liberal Judaism by founding his Free School (Freischule)
in 1801 and building a related school synagogue (until 1810).
The traveling exhibition has been organized by the Bet Tfila
– Research Unit in cooperation with the City of Seesen, the
Jacobson Gymnasium Seesen, and the Braunschweigisches
Landesmuseum.
The exhibition is on display at the Villa Seligmann from
January 26–May 5, 2014. After the afternoon panel on April 3,
the conference participants will have the opportunity to visit
the exhibition.
Europäisches Zentrum für jüdische Musik, Villa Seligmann,
Hohenzollernstraße 39, Hannover
Conference WiFi
The Gauß-IT-Center at the Technische Universität
Braunschweig provides free internet access for the
participants of the conference “Jewish Architecture –
New Sources and Approaches”:
1. eduroam (SSID)
The easiest way is the use of eduroam. If your home
institution participates in the eduroam community, then
you can use eduroam at the TU Braunschweig with your
user credentials and the usual configuration of your home
institution.www.eduroam.org
2. tubs-guest (SSID)
Conference participants whose home institutions do not
participate in the eduroam community may request a
temporary guest account to access the SSID “tubs-guest”
(please use the conference registration form). The guest
account is provided ad personam and is limited to the
conference days.
For the registration of a conference WiFi guest account,
a copy of an official photo identification is required. The
registered data are temporarily stored according to the
German and European laws on telecommunication. The
account credentials will be available at the conference desk.
Please note: The SSID “tubs-guest” is transmitted
unencrypted, the use of encrypted internet protocols like
https, imaps, vpn is recommended.
The Conference Venues
SN 22.1+2
The Conference Venues
tz
Pla
er
rlin
419/M19
Theod
r.
Wen
d
ento
rwa
ll
Different tickets are available for public transportation:
– Stadttarif / single trip:
2,20 € (direct course)
– 2er Karte / double trip:
4,00 € (90 min.)
– 10er Karte / ten trips:
18,00 € (90 min.)
– Tageskarte / day ticket:
6,00 € (1 person)
– Tageskarte / day ticket:
10,50 € (5 persons)
Please check the internet for further information at
http://www.braunschweiger-verkehrs-ag.de.
lms
lhe
Wi
There is also a nice pedestrian route (ca. 40 min) along the
parks of the former baroque ramparts Kurt-SchumacherStraße — J. F. Kennedy-Platz — Magnitorwall — Theaterwall — Fallersleber-Tor-Wall — Pockelsstraße.
tr.
The Technische Universität can be reached by public
transportation from the Central Station:
– tram M1 (direction: Wenden; stop: Mühlenpfordtstraße);
– bus 419 / M19 (stop: Pockelsstraße).
Tickets are available at the operator or at the pavillion of the
Braunschweiger Verkehrs AG in front of the Central Station
(opening hours: monday–friday 6.30 am–6.00 pm).
rtst
Wall
The conference’s main venue is the auditorium SN 22.1
at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22
(4th floor), Braunschweig. The entrance is in the rear of the
building.
ube
Am
Friedrichstr.
or-He
uss-St
f
r.
Be
nstr.
ber-Tor-
n Bahnho
Gertrude
Sch
or
lle
tha
tad
rS
de
An
fstr.
Str.
ütteler Str.
Am Alte
Autorstr.
tr.
tr.
r-S
Charlottenstr.
gs
he
ac
we
SN 22.1
SN 22.2
-S
salem
ru
Abt-Je
Fallersle
Central
Station
m
Vie
ent
tr.
ms
rtra
all
Klint
g.-Str.
Mol
tkes
tr.
str.
Park
all
Adol
fstr.
Be
rg
We
nd
Am
we
Leopoldstr.
nw
Sc
hu
hs
tr.
zstr.
Lö
arkt
Eierm
Turnierstr.
Mün
H. Äg
all
orw
Echternstr.
tr.
idien
Adol
ler-
mül
Teich
trit
Pe
Hohetor wall
nT
ore
he
Am
Ho
anns
Camm
str.
ß
r.
Bet Tfila
be
Ottmerstr.
uh
urter
Pockels
tstr.
npford
Gerst
ch
Frankf
Mühle
rstr.
äcke
tr.
rt-S
k
Wolfenb
gerpar
tr.
Am
ers
Wolters-Str.
zstr.
Audi
max
ers
Gau
.
Vil
li
Conference Hotel
Leisewit
Spie
rn
Ku
ne Am Bür
rstr.
rstr.
Schöttle
Ekberts
tr.
bg
pest
Hen
Krame
Ber
Odastr.
e
els
bergstr.
tr.
ds
gfel
Kö
Obergs
Cam
tr.
Schleinitzs
.
ldtstr
Lachm. Str.
tr.
Mühlenpfordtstr: Tram M1
tr.
all
Holzhof
Konstantin-Uhd
.
Kathari nenstr
Howa
rstr.
mm
J.-F.KennedyPlatz
orw
Steig
stt
r
Pockelsstraße:
Bus 419/429
r.
gu
Mensa
chst
Au
umstr
.
Ritte
Mönchstr.
Wendent
o
Ho
tz
rkstr.
Ba
rwall
Ölsc
str.
aren
Hus
Muse
Magnito
gnitor
Am
nstr.
ne
Fasa
Bisma
ll
torwa
Magni
Karre
ÄgidienStr. markt
A. Ma
ing-
Pla
pes
Kasernenstr.
r Str.
Less
Lam
rwall
Theate
stedte
rnstr.
r Str.
urte
kf
Fran
ppen
ll
Maue
rwa
nauer-Str.
Konrad-Ade
-
a
rop
Eulatz
p
Schö
chto
.
nf.Str
.
Str
tr.
tr.
Bru
. D.
Ägid.
s
ma
rn
hläge
Kuhs
.
str
Wal
ls
tr.
l
rwal
sele
Gie
tr.
Bru
rt-
ke
c
Georg- E
m
Waisenh
H
.L
ie
bfr
.
ilh.-S
W
Fr.
rS
sele
Gie
Kal
We
Dam
eln
lee
eral
tr.
chs
Theater
n
nde
Domplatz
Damm
ttre
.
elmstr
all
itorw
n
ze
n
Pri
rg
Bu
tr.
sens
Wie
Am
Dom
pp
Fr.
Wilh.
Platz
enwall
r.
Sack
str.
g
we
Ka
ch
tr.
ds
Sü
Papenst.
tern
em
Wilh
Ech
tr.
Kohlmarkt
Jakobstr.
Banknstr. platz
Stei
rs.-S
Pete
Poststr.
Kl.
r.
Synagogue
tr.
Ne
Brabandtst
K.
Martini-
str.
Heyden
urg
r.
inst
el
Zepp
Theater
g
Steinwe
Rathaus
B
V.d.
.
ue Str
tr.
Str.
str.
tzens
er
eling
Schü
Görd
Scharrnstr.
ite
Bre
Güldenstr.
AltstadtAn der markt
nstr.
Dörings
en
tstr.
bold
To
ber
Jasp
enHag rrn
scha
Marstall RuhfäutchenStr.
platz
kw.
Dan
Burg
Schild
nn
Ka
lweg
Brüdern
Stephanstr.
Sonne
.
Pavel str
arist
Casp
n
Höhe
Hinter
K.
A.d. PetriBäckerklint
Boh
Lange Str.
Str.
Wilh
Hagenmarkt
ge
Waa
t
weg
tr.
Alte
str.
er
Web
Falle
sstr.
en
ck
Be
eklin
K
le
lers
A
ber
rsle
Reich
u
Ne
Rad
r
werke
r.
str.
.
rstr
Ka
elm
eg
W
er
t
tr.
n
Lin
Rebenring
tr.
rS
de
ro
st
arl
r
al
mF
ark
O
rS
tr.
és
Hum
Wilh
dens
Wen
der
Wer
tr.
rs
ke
lle
ollm
W
Ce
wall
Technische
Universität
ise
Str.
Rennelbg.
str.
Bülten
In
ntor
ma
es
Gli
-
.
str
en
art
Eulenstr.
all
lw
se
.
str
ch
s
Ma
m-Str.
rusale
Abt-Je
Wen
de
r-Wall
eber-To
Fallersl
G
tstr.
Ste
into
rw
G
uber
rstr.
Zimm
Gauß
Am
Sch
Wen
dent
or
.
.
erstr
Zimme
Geysostr.
ß
au
bg
nstr.
Eschenbg.Str.
els
lman
g
nrin
Hage
tz
ch
Spie
Bültenweg
mm
pla
as
zstr.
Schleinit
M1
lsstr.
Pocke
M
nm
Ba
gstr.
Göttin
Göttingstr.
Konstantin-Uhde-Str
.
Kathari nenstr.
r
berg
er
Wendento
tstr.
rd
Amali
asch
de
Wen
sta
te
.
enstr
ch
Am
str.
Str.
r.
npford
bg.
chen
Pe
nst
lozzistr.
as
»429»
Mühle
Rei
tte
M
r.
pest
Lam
astr.
Str.
Hu
Mittelweg
Tunic
ner
g
nrin
-Str.
mer
-Som
Hans
«419«
Rebenring
de
Wen
Hin
tr.
kners
Bruc
r.
el
Geysostr.
er St
n wink
Eschenbg.Str.
burg
se
Spin
str.
Mittelweg
Ham
Feuer-
Ha
wehrstr.
SN 22.1+2
Am
The Conference Venues
EZJM, Hannover
e
lsk
bie
eile
ße
tra
ns
h
Ho
Os
kar
-W
int
er-
Lis
te
Dr
ost
est
ler
l
zo
en
†
e
traß
ekers
rM
aß
istr
Böd
Lister Platz:
Stadtbahnlinien 3, 7 & 9
Buslinien 100/200, 121 & 134
d
Po
Str
a
ße
raß
e
hen
Ho
dstraße
Wedekin
ern
zoll
Liste
rM
eile
ße
stra
raße
Pfahlst
Sedanstraße/ Lister Meile:
Stadtbahnlinien 3, 7 & 9
enstraße
Gretch
e
traß
ekers
Böd
Kleine
Villa
Seligmann
On the afternoon of April 3, the conference will take place at
Villa Seligmann, Hohenzollernstraße 39, in Hannover that
houses the European Centre for Jewish Music.
The conference fee covers a one-way bus trip from
Braunschweig to Hannover.
Public transportation from Lister Platz to Hannover’s
Central Station (2 stops):
- metro 3 / 7 / 9 (direction: Empelde/Wettbergen)
The ticket fare is about 1,50 € (Kurzstrecke / short distance
ticket) that covers 3 stops by metro or 5 stops by bus.
Please check the internet for further information at
http://www.uestra.de
Conference Team:
Katrin Keßler, Mirko Przystawik
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Harmen H. Thies
Henrike Borck, Susanne Borchers, Ulrich Knufinke,
Vladimir Levin, Stefan Martin, Martha Stellmacher,
Josephine Wrensch