Synagogenweg
88471 Laupheim
Germany
In 1771 a first synagogue was built next to the cemetery (Judenberg 24). This first synagogue was demolished after 1822. According to an old tradition, a small elevation in the present southwest corner of the cemetery indicates the location of the Torah shrine of the old synagogue.
A second synagogue was built in 1822. Due to structural deficiencies, this building was already dilapidated 15 years later. The congregation was thus forced to build a new building as early as 1836/37 (on today's property at the corner of Bronner Straße/Synagogenweg). In 1877 an extension was made. The inauguration took place on September 7, 1877.
During the November pogrom of 1938, the synagogue was set on fire by SA men. The Jewish men, escorted by party members, had to march to the synagogue, listen to the diatribe of an SA leader, and then do genuflections and other exercises in front of the burning house of worship. The ruins of the synagogue were demolished a short time later, and the site was built over in 1961 with a Protestant Free Church house of worship.
A memorial stone has commemorated the synagogue since 1958, and there is a notice board in English and Hebrew.
