Mikvah Laudenbach

The mikvah in Laudenbach is built at the beginning of the 19th century, it stands on the former property of a Christian miller next to the road to Himmelstadt. The Laudenbach, in which countless trout cavort, flows with constant pouring and high speed directly past the building. You can see a small one-story house made of quarry stones with sides about 3 meters long. The walls are interrupted by the entrance door and three barred windows. From the outside, nothing reminds of its former religious function, the cottage looks more like a small outbuilding of the large mill standing right next to it. If you look closely, the chimney may seem somewhat unusual for a cottage of this size.
The walls inside are tiled with white tiles, some of which are still visible. Stone steps lead down to the carefully walled plunge pool. The water for the pool is let in from the stream. One looks in vain for a drain.
The building has not been renovated, the walls have caved in at one point, and a makeshift tin roof protects the mikvah from final decay. The building is privately owned, it stands in the garden of the current owner. Together with the synagogue, it is to be restored and opened to the public. During guided tours, the mikvah can be visited with the permission of the owner.

The old mikvah
. In addition to the mikvah visible today, there must have been an older mikvah in Laudenbach.There is evidence of the construction of a mikvah in the juliusspitälischen Freihof in one of the houses directly on the stream. The exact location of the old mikvah could not be identified until today.