Windgasse Synagogue (Wanfried)

In the 1880s, the Jewish community planned to build a new synagogue. The decision to build the new synagogue was made on April 24, 1887. It was to be built on the same site as the previous synagogue; the latter was demolished in 1889. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new synagogue took place on May 20, 1889, and the cornerstone was laid on July 18, 1889. It was built according to the plans of the district inspector Büchling in Eschwege by master mason Gustav Besser. The cost was 10,500 marks. Rentier Philipp Ehrlich Sr. donated a valuable chandelier for the synagogue. The solemn consecration of the synagogue was on August 12, 1890.    
    
For only about 45 years, the synagogue was the center of Jewish community life in Wandried. After the last Jewish family left Wanfried in the fall of 1937, the synagogue was to be sold. At the end of 1937, the town of Wanfried expropriated the synagogue from the Jewish community. The building was bought from the town by a Wanfried resident in 1938. The synagogue building was demolished, the stones used for a house construction. 

Last use: parking lot