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Germany
The synagogue in Bockenheim was inaugurated in 1874. The building was two-story and had room for 248 people. According to the Orthodox rite, the bima was located in the center of the prayer room. Women were only allowed in the gallery.
Bockenheim was incorporated into Frankfurt in 1895. Until 1905 the synagogue community belonged to the rabbinical district of Hanau. From 1905, the rabbis of the Jewish Community of Frankfurt were responsible. After the death of Markus Horovitz (1844-1910), his son Jakob Horovitz (1873-1939) took over the community. Horovitz was also rabbi of the Unterlindau synagogue in Frankfurt's West End.
Jakob Horovitz held the last service in the Bockenheim synagogue in September 1938. In the night of November 9 to 10, 1938, the synagogue was damaged and set on fire.
Since 1988, a commemorative plaque designed by Willi Schmidt commemorates the early synagogue.
