Vianen
At the
outset of the eighteenth century only a few Jews live in Vianen but
the Jewish population of the town grew over the decades that
followed. By1730 a permanent Jewish community had begun to take
root. The charter of the Vianen community dates to 1750.
Construction of a synagogue in the present-day Bakkerstraat was
begun in 1756. A part of the materials used construct the synagogue
and a portion of its interior came from the former synagogue at
Nijmegen which was being replaced with a newly constructed
synagogue at the time. The Vianen synagogue was renovated in 1828
and again in 1848.
Until 1827 the Jews of Vianen buried their dead in a Jewish
cemetery in the Walsland. During the same year the community
applied to the city fathers of Vianen for permission to establish a
second Jewish cemetery. In 1828 the town granted the community a
plot of land on the Sparrendreef free of charge.
By the early-twentieth century the Jewish population of Vianen had
declined to the point that the synagogue had fallen into disrepair
and the community considered voluntarily disbanding. In 1920 the
Vianen community was fused into the Jewish community at Utrecht and
Jewish communities in surrounding villages into the Jewish
community at Leerdam. The former synagogue at
Vianen has been used as a church by the Nederlandse Protestanten
Bond (Dutch Protestant Union) from 1924 until the present day. The
Jewish cemetery on the Walsland was cleared away in 1977 and the
remains of it dead exhumed and interred at the Jewish cemetery on
the Sparrendreef. The Sparrendreef cemetery currently is maintained
by local authorities.
Jewish population of Vianen and surroundings:
| 1809 | 51 |
| 1840 | 49 |
| 1869 | 61 |
| 1899 | 68 |
| 1930 | 8 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
Foto
1975 (ca.)
Voormalige synagoge aan de Bakkerstraat te Vianen, circa 1975.
Collectie > Fotos > 40007294
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
meer treffers in Collectie > Documenten
Centraal Israel. Weeshuis
1882
Vermelding van ingekomen giften in december 1881.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20030394
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Joden in Vianen : de joodse gemeenschap in de achttiende eeuw
1986
Joden in Vianen : de joodse gemeenschap in de achttiende eeuw.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000304
