Synagogue Bahnhofsstraße (Schifferstadt)

At the beginning of the 19th century, Jews living in Schifferstadt first attended the synagogue in Speyer, then in Böhl. Since 1826 there was a prayer hall available. It had been furnished by the Jewish families together and equipped with the necessary rituals. The location of this first prayer hall is unknown. It sufficed for the purposes of the community for about 25 years. 

Presumably due to the growing congregation and the increased demands, the Jewish family acquired a building in the Hauptstraße (then called Neue Sandgasse) in 1851 for 500 guilders and built a new prayer hall in it (inauguration on July 30, 1852). The building was in a dilapidated condition in 1888. In the minutes of the synagogue committee on July 15, 1888, it was stated: "The synagogue of the Israelite religious community of Schifferstadt has become so dilapidated in recent years that it must now either be completely demolished or thoroughly repaired at a great expense disproportionate to the value of the building..." The decision to build a new synagogue was not without controversy among the families, as financing was very difficult for the relatively few families. However, a fire in the front building to the synagogue 1890 then convinced the last of the need for a new building.

Probably until around 1933 services were celebrated in the synagogue. During the November pogrom of 1938, the synagogue was burned down on the morning of November 10 by SA people from Mutterstadt and Schifferstadt. A strong explosion occurred between six and seven o'clock, as gasoline had been poured in the building. Two SA men were injured by the explosion. After the fire, only the foundation walls of the building remained standing. The Jewish community was forced to sell the land, demolition material of the synagogue and the still standing teacher's house to the political community for 700 marks in May 1939.

After 1945 the property went in connection with the restitution proceedings to the Jewish religious community in Landau, which, however, did not need it and sold it in 1951 to private individuals in Schifferstadt. Since 1980, there have been efforts to install or erect a memorial stone or plaque for the synagogue.