Binswangen

Binswangen
Catholic parish church St. Nicholas
Coat of arms
Binswangen Location of Binswangen within Dillingen district
Coordinates: 48°34′N 10°39′E / 48.567°N 10.650°E / 48.567; 10.650Coordinates: 48°34′N 10°39′E / 48.567°N 10.650°E / 48.567; 10.650
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Dillingen
Government
• Mayor	Anton Winkler (FW)
Area
• Total	11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,338
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86637
Dialling codes	08272
Vehicle registration	DLG
Website	www.binswangen.de

Binswangen is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany. The town is a member of the municipal association Wertingen.

Binswangen synagogue

The town's 1836 synagogue, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and notable as the first to use the horseshoe arch of Moorish architecture for windows and portals, was plundered in the Reichskristallnacht but not set ablaze because of its proximity to other buildings. It was restored beginning in 1987 and since 1996 has served as a community center, open to visitors on Sundays.^[2][3] Other remnants of Binswangen's former Jewish community, which dates back to at least 1609, are the memorial site of the Jewish cemetery destroyed by the Nazis and the landmark Schilling House (ca. 1840).

Schilling House

References