Synagogue Ringstraße (Uffenheim)

In the Middle Ages and the centuries up to the middle of the 19th century, there is no mention of a prayer hall or synagogue at any time.  
     
Shortly after 1876, a prayer hall (Betlokal) was first established. On June 4, 1887, the Uffenheim Jews passed a resolution "for the construction of the synagogue or to raise the funds for it, to seek approval from the royal government for a lottery for Middle Franconia". The application was submitted on June 14, 1887, and was expressly approved by the royal district official Schimpf. On October 25, 1889, the members of the congregation Meier Zucker, Josua Flamm and Meier Goldschmied bought a building lot in the later Ringstraße from Christoph David Ritter for 1,002 Marks in order to be able to build a synagogue on it. District master builder Strebel from Windsheim drew the building plans. The total cost of the new building was estimated at 24,000 Marks. Strebel's plans were passed on by the Royal District Office; on December 13, 1889, the building permit was issued. From January 1890 the synagogue could be built and already on September 5, 1890 by district rabbi Grünebaum from Ansbach solemnly consecrated.

Until 1938, the synagogue was the center of the Jewish community. After almost all Jewish community members moved away or emigrated and the community was dissolved in October 1938, the synagogue had to be forcibly sold to the city for 2,000 marks. Nothing is known about desecration, destruction or devastation during the November pogrom of 1938. However, the former synagogue was apparently already used at that time by the Hitler Youth for the construction of a glider of the Fliegerortsgruppe and some time later (still in 1938 or 1939?) was expertly demolished by a master mason. The stones were used for the construction of makeshift dormitories . In a human chain, the stones are said to have been brought up to the party house in Bahnhofstraße; behind it, such a makeshift dormitory was built. Further makeshift dormitories were built on the opposite side of the Metzgerbach in the Alte Bahnhofstraße, where the first refugees from the Saarland were housed in 1940. 
  
After 1945, residential houses were built on the synagogue property. Today, an information board and a stone memorial commemorate the former synagogue in Ringstraße.