Main synagogue Geleitsgasse (Fürth)

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Former main synagogue, so-called "Altschul"

Built in 1615/16 on the model of the Pinkass Synagogue in Prague, consecrated in 1617.

Under the liberal Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaak Loewi, the "Old School" was rebuilt twice: in 1831 in the neo-Gothic style adapted to the requirements of Reform Judaism and in 1863-65 extended by a northern side aisle and provided with a Moorish facade.

Former synagogue Ketschendorfer Straße 30 (Coburg)

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A synagogue (judenschul) already existed in the Middle Ages. It is first mentioned in a document in 1393 and was located in the Judengasse near the Judentor. A more exact localization is not possible. In 1433 a precentor is mentioned. A richly illuminated Hebrew manuscript (Torah), written in 1390-1395 by the scribe Simcha ben Samuel Halewi for Jacob Meir ben Owadia in Coburg, testifies to a rich intellectual life of the Coburg Jews. After the expulsion of the Jews from Coburg, the synagogue was transformed into a Christian St.