The Town Hall with the Fountain

The neo-Renaissance style town hall, which was built in 1892-1893, is impressive in particular on account of its portal, oriel windows, free-standing staircase and roof construction.
  
The market fountain made of Frankish shell limestone which stands in front of the Schönebeck town hall was produced in 1907/1908 by the sculptor Paul Jukoff of Schkopau.
The female figure with the bowl represents the River Elbe.
The figures of the boatman, miner and worker stand for sectors of the economy which have had a decisive influence on the development of the town.

For the past 2 years it has again been possible for weddings to take place in the town hall. 

For further information and wedding reservations contact:
Civil Registry Office of the Town of Schönebeck (Elbe)
Tel.: +49(0)3928/ 710 313
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The Schalomhaus

This former synagogue with a small dome was built in 1877.
The facade is decorated with Moorish and Saracen elements. 
The previous synagogue had been located at Steinstraße 9 and was destroyed in the Elbe flood of 1876. 
In what has gone down in history as ?Kristallnacht? or the Night of Broken Glass, the interior was completely destroyed by the National Socialists.

After that, the building was put to various uses.  
From 1952 -1954 it was used for museum exhibitions.
In the years 1983-1986 the Baptist congregation (Freikirchliche Baptistengemeinde) purchased the building and restored it with great care and expertise.  

Today it is again used as a place of worship.

address: Schalomhaus, Republikstraße 43, 39218 Schönebeck (Elbe)
Tel.: +49(0)3928/ 40 04 39

For further information see:
http://www.schalom-haus.de/
(external link)

The Salt Tower
 
The Salt Tower was originally a tower flanking the medieval Salztor (Salt Gate), which was demolished in 1839.   
The Salt Gate gave access to the road leading to Groß Salze. 

The present form of the tower, with the belfry and Baroque cupola, dates from 1714. 
Previously, there was a wooden gallery around the top part of the tower, in keeping with its role as a watchtower. 

Because the tower contained the living quarters of the watchman, who until the turn of the 20th century blew his horn every hour during the night and kept a look-out for fires, it is also known as the "Hausmannsturm". 
As part of restoration work in 1993, a double-flight staircase was installed in the tower; the one staircase leading upwards, the other downwards.  
A balustrade around the tower at a height of 30 m provides views in all four compass directions far beyond the roofs of the town of Schönebeck.

contact: Office for Culture and Sport, Breiteweg 11, 39218 Schönebeck (Elbe)
Tel.: +49(0)3928/ 710 561
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Our tip:
Visits to the tower from 10 May 2011 to 30 September 2011
Opening hours:
Tues, Sat, Sun and Whit Monday
10 a.m. - 12 noon and 2 - 5 p.m.
Admission fees:
EUR 0,60 - single admission per person
EUR 0,30 - single admission per person (concessions for children up to 14 years and for students)  

Group visits to the tower by appointment

Special features: cabaret performances, weddings

St. James?s Church (St. Jakobi Kirche) 

This is the oldest surviving place of worship in Schönebeck (Elbe).

The square towers of the western section of the church with its lancet arched sound arcades date from the second half of the 13th century. 
The Baroque double cupolas were added later.

Few of the old furnishings and ritual objects survived the disastrous flood of 1876. 
A remarkable feature is a baptismal font with severely eroded bas-relief décor, coats of arms and scrolling (early 17^th century).

address: Protestant Community Centre, Breiteweg 26, 39218 Schönebeck (Elbe)
Tel.: +49(0)3928/ 40 48 87

Opening hours of St. James´s parish office
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 a.m.

Viewings and guided tours possible upon request

For further information on events see:
http://www.kirchenkreis-egeln.de/
(external link)
http://www.kuk26.de
(external link)

Memorial Park - Nikolaistraße
 
At the entrance to Nikolaistraße is a monumental group of sandstone figures which the sculptor Richard Horn dedicated to the victims of Fascism in 1951.

Behind that, the Bund der Vertriebenen (League of German Expellees) set up a boulder in 1995 as a memorial to those who were forced to flee or were expelled from their homes at the end of the second world war.

Beside the stone wall behind that, a Holocaust memorial was set up at the initiative of the Elbufer Förderverein (Society for the Promotion of the Banks of the Elbe) as a monument to the Jews of Schönebeck who were murdered during the Nazi period.   

It consists of two hands held open like wings, with the names of the 43 murdered Jews written on the palms.
Above this, there is an intact Star of David which shimmers through behind a rusty, damaged Star of David symbolising persecution and extermination.

This monument has been on display since 9 November 1998, the 60th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass, and was created by Schönebeck artist Christof Grüger as both a memorial and an admonition.

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