Literature House Old Synagogue Görlitz

The first post-medieval synagogue was built by the emancipated Jewish community in 1847 under the influence of the legislation of the Prussian King in a building in the backyard of the hotel „es Roß“ at Obermarkt 17. On 20.9.1853 the house of worship was occupied. The entrance was made üvia Langenstraße 23, through the school garden of the Bürgerschule built in 1846. The rebuilt rear building at Obermarkt 17 had previously been a society theater.

Until the completion of the new synagogue in Otto-Müller-Straße in 1911, the house of worship at Langenstraße was the center of Jewish community life in Görlitz.

Text: Antje Coburger M.A.