Old Synagogue on the Lower Market Street

Until the beginning of the 19th century there was one prayer hall or synagogue in each case (e.g. mentioned in 1737 in connection with the formula to the Jewish oath). On August 30, 1811 a synagogue could be consecrated at the western city wall. The ducal court factor Levi Simon had given the money for it and initially purchased two plots of land in the area of Untere Marktstraße with the then census numbers 22 and 23. The inauguration took place with the permission of Duke Frederick. The inauguration speech was held by Josef Michael Hirsch. In 1866 a branch of the banking house Strupp (Meiningen) was opened in front of the synagogue in the former business premises of the court factor Simon. In 1911, the 100th anniversary of the synagogue could already be celebrated. In the course of the nationalization of the bank Strupp in 1933 the building had to be demolished.