Synagogenweg 2 (zw. Mühlgraben und Mauergasse)
98617 Meiningen
Germany
In the Middle Ages there was at least in the first half of the 14th century in Meiningen a synagogue (Jüden church). After the persecution in the plague period, it stood empty until 1384, when it was transformed into a Marian chapel.
In the second half of the 19th century, a prayer hall was initially established. According to ... Report of 1878 it was a "rented, but expediently furnished hall".
1881-1883 could be built according to the plans of the master builder Ernst Abesser a synagogue. On April 14, 1883 it was inaugurated. 340 people found place in it. [...]
For only 55 years the synagogue in Meiningen was the center of Jewish community life in the town. During the November pogrom in 1938, the synagogue was destroyed. In the early morning of November 10, SS and SA troops ravaged the building, and later the remaining interior furnishings were smashed by many rioting youths. Throughout the day, pipes, organ pipes and benches floated in the adjacent bleach ditch. In 1939, the synagogue building was demolished.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the synagogue, a memorial stone was inaugurated at its site on November 8, 1988.
(Alemannia Judaica)
