Luneburg is a city, Lower Saxony Land (state), north-central Germany, on the Ilmenau River at the northeastern edge of the Lüneburger Heide (heath). The synagogue was designed by Stadtbaumeister Kampf and built between 1892-94 in the north German Gothic manner. It appears that the use of local style and materials was to help the Jews integrate in a city where they had only recently been allowed to live. The postcard below, postmarked July 4, 1905, depicts the Luneburg synagogue.
"Lüneburg" Encyclopædia Britannica
Carole Herselle Krinsky, Synagogues of Europe, P.87
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