Karlsruhe Synagogue
The 1798 Karlsruhe Synagogue was an early building by the influential architect Friedrich Weinbrenner in the city of Karlsruhe. According to , this "synagogue was the first large Egyptian building to be erected since antiquity."[1] According to Diana Muir Appelbaum, it was "the first public building (that is, not a folly, stage set, or funeral monument) in the Egyptian revival style."[2] Appelbaum writes that the pair of tall pylons are copied from the temple at Karnak.
The structure stood until 1871.
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- Further sketches of the synagogue available at: http://weinbrenner-gesellschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/synagoge-karlsruhe.jpg
- And a model at: http://www.museum-digital.de/bawue/index.php?t=objekt&oges=995
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Karlsruhe
- Egyptian Revival architecture
- Former synagogues in Germany
- Religious buildings and structures in Baden-Württemberg
- European synagogue stubs
- German religious building and structure stubs