The Karlsruhe Synagogue () was a

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congregation and

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, located in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

, in the state of

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. Designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner in the

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style, the synagogue was completed in 1798 and demolished in 1871.

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An early building by Weinbrenner, the synagogue was "...the first large Egyptian building to be erected since antiquity." It was "… the first public building (that is, not a folly, stage set, or funeral monument) in the

style." The pair of tall pylons were copied from the temple at

Karnak The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (), comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BC) in the ...

. The structure stood until 1871, following a fire earlier that year. A new synagogue was completed in 1875; and it was destroyed by

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on November 9, 1938, during ''

Kristallnacht ( ) or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilia ...

''.

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