The New Synagogue in Dresden was built in 2001 on the site of the Semper Synagogue, destroyed during Kristallnacht in 1938. Through October 2023 the opening described how in 2012 "unknown persons broke the mail box... and spray-painted a blasphemous inscription on the external wall, allegedly as an anti-Semitic act." Today the opening covers only the building's construction and its predecessor's destruction, and the word survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that the synagogue was vandalized with an antisemitic inscription in 2012.
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51°3′9″N 13°44′48″E  /  51.05250°N 13.74667°E  / 51.05250; 13.74667 The new synagogue in Dresden The New Synagogue is a synagogue in Dresden , Germany .1 The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938, during the Kristallnacht . The boundary wall of the New Synagogue incorporates the last remaining fragments of Semper's original building. The outer walls of the synagogue are built slightly off plumb, intended by the architect to convey the feeling that the Jewish community has always been slightly set off from the German city. The synagogue is also a contrast to the city center with which it is juxtaposed. It is set on a slight rise just at the edge of Dresden's baroque center, which was completely flattened by allied bombing during the war. The center is being rebuilt with buildings whose exteriors (and in the case of the more significant buildings, also interiors, though not construction materials,) are precise replicas of the baroque royal city that long made Dresden famous. The synagogue stands beside this careful reproduction of the past, but it is not a replica of the historic Semper Synagogue . It is a modernist statement that contrasts with its neighbors. Inside, the sanctuary building is a cube (all service functions are located in the companion building set at the other end of a stone plaza.) Within this cube is set a square worship space, curtained off on all four sides by an enormous draping of curtains made of chain-mesh in a golden metal, evoking an echo of the scale of the Temple at Jerusalem. The building was shortlisted by the jury for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2003.2During the Sylvester night , in 2012, unknown persons broke the mail box at the entrance to the synagogue in Dresden and spray-painted a blasphemous inscription on the external wall, allegedly as an anti-Semitic act.3EU Press release, May 22 2003 "Dresdner Synagoge mit Leck mich beschmiert" .4
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51°3′9″N 13°44′48″E  /  51.05250°N 13.74667°E  / 51.05250; 13.74667 The new synagogue in Dresden The Semper Synagogue c. 1860 The wall of the New Synagogue contains the last remaining fragments of Semper's synagogue The New Synagogue in Dresden was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938 , during the Kristallnacht . The boundary wall of the New Synagogue incorporates the last remaining fragments of Semper's original building. The outer walls of the synagogue are built slightly off plumb, intended by the architect to convey the feeling that the Jewish community has always been slightly set off from the German city. The synagogue is also an interesting contrast to the city center with which it is juxtaposed. It is set on a slight rise just at the edge of Dresden's baroque center, which was completely flattened by allied bombing during the war. The center is being rebuilt with buildings whose exteriors (and in the case of the more significant buildings, also interiors, though not construction materials,) are precise replicas of the baroque royal city that long made Dresden famous. The synagogue stands beside this careful reproduction of the past, but it is not a replica of the historic Semper Synagogue . It is a bold modernist statement that contrasts dramatically with its neighbors. The interior space is equally dramatic. The sanctuary building is a cube (all service functions are located in the companion building set at the other end of a stone plaza.) Within this cube is set a square worship space, curtained off on all four sides by an enormous draping of curtains made of chain-mesh in a golden metal. The effect is of an austere richness that evokes an echo of the grand scale of the Temple at Jerusalem. The building was shortlisted by the jury for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2003.
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Synagogue in Dresden 51°3′9″N 13°44′48″E  /  51.05250°N 13.74667°E  / 51.05250; 13.74667 The new synagogue in Dresden The New Synagogue is a synagogue in Dresden , Germany . The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938, during the Kristallnacht . The boundary wall of the New Synagogue incorporates the last remaining fragments of Semper's original building. The outer walls of the synagogue are built slightly off plumb, intended by the architect to convey the feeling that the Jewish community has always been slightly set off from the German city. The synagogue is also a contrast to the city center with which it is juxtaposed. It is set on a slight rise just at the edge of Dresden's baroque center, which was completely flattened by allied bombing during the war. The center is being rebuilt with buildings whose exteriors (and in the case of the more significant buildings, also interiors, though not construction materials,) are precise replicas of the baroque royal city that long made Dresden famous. The synagogue stands beside this careful reproduction of the past, but it is not a replica of the historic Semper Synagogue . It is a modernist statement that contrasts with its neighbors. Inside, the sanctuary building is a cube (all service functions are located in the companion building set at the other end of a stone plaza.) Within this cube is set a square worship space, curtained off on all four sides by an enormous draping of curtains made of chain-mesh in a golden metal, evoking an echo of the scale of the Temple at Jerusalem. The building was shortlisted by the jury for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2003. On New Year's Eve ( Silvester in German) in 2012, the mail box was broken at the entrance to the synagogue in Dresden and a blasphemous inscription was spray-painted on the external wall, which was interpreted as an anti-Semitic act. EU Press release, May 22 2003 "Dresdner Synagoge mit Leck mich beschmiert" .
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Synagogue in Dresden 51°3′9″N 13°44′48″E  /  51.05250°N 13.74667°E  / 51.05250; 13.74667 The new synagogue in Dresden The New Synagogue is a synagogue in the old town of Dresden , Germany . The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938, during the Kristallnacht . The boundary wall of the New Synagogue incorporates more or less the last remaining fragments of Semper's original building. The outer walls of the synagogue are built slightly off plumb, intended by the architect to convey the feeling that the Jewish community has always been slightly set off from the German city. Another reason is that the praying direction faces Jerusalem. The synagogue is also a contrast to the city center with which it is juxtaposed. It is set on a slight rise just at the edge of Dresden's baroque center, which was completely flattened by allied bombing during the war. The center is being rebuilt with buildings whose exteriors (and in the case of the more significant buildings, also interiors, though not construction materials,) are precise replicas of the baroque royal city that long made Dresden famous. The synagogue and the community center stand on both sides of where the Semper Synagogue once stood, but it is not a replica of the historic Semper Synagogue . It is a modernist statement that contrasts with its neighbors. Inside, the sanctuary building is a cube (all service functions are located in the companion building set at the other end of a stone plaza.) Within this cube is set a square worship space, curtained off on all four sides by an enormous draping of curtains made of chain-mesh in a golden metal, evoking an echo of the scale of the Temple at Jerusalem. The building was shortlisted by the jury for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2003. On New Year's Eve ( Silvester in German) in 2012, the mail box was broken at the entrance to the synagogue in Dresden and a blasphemous inscription was spray-painted on the external wall, which was interpreted as an anti-Semitic act. EU Press release, May 22 2003 "Dresdner Synagoge mit Leck mich beschmiert" .
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Synagogue in Dresden, Germany Not to be confused with Synagogue Neustadt (Dresden) .The New Synagogue ( German : Neue Synagoge ) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at Hasenberg 1, in the old town of Dresden , Germany . The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938, during the Kristallnacht .
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