The Förderverein für jüdische Kultur in Tübingen e.V. sees as its primary goal to promote Jewish culture in the university city of Tübingen. It should be especially important to find a balance between Jewish culture today and the memory of a former Jewish life in the city. In order to re-establish Jewish culture in Tübingen, efforts are currently being made to highlight the remains of the former synagogue in Gartenstraße.

In the Nuremberg State Archives, in the department " Bavarian State Office for Property Administration and Restitution, Nuremberg Branch ", the following entry can be found

" Fürth, Friedrichstr. 12, residential and commercial building; .............. - former Jewish owners: Sofie u. Amalie Offenbacher, Ernestine Eisemann"

Little is known about the early history of the Jews of Tübingen in the Middle Ages. What is certain, however, is that Tübingen's Judengasse was first mentioned in a document as early as 1398. The name originated from the medieval Jewish quarter in today's city center (between Haaggasse and Krummen Brücke). The quarter was characterized by its ghetto-like construction: It was closed off with gates and comprised about 30 houses.

was located in front of the Hageböcker Tor, in the area of the Domwiesen. Today no longer exists.

according to Mastaler:

I. Jewish cemetery [in front of the Hageböcker gate]
1533 - "dormitorium Jodorum", StA, city leavings
1541 - "barn near the Joden Kirchove" [Jews' churchyard], StA, city leavings
1556 - "near the Joden Karkhove", StA, town disposals
1587 - "garden near the Jodenkirchhof ... to the city and after the Thumbwisch", StA, city disposals
17th century - demise in the turmoil of the 30-year war

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The first Jews settled in Bodenheim after the Thirty Years' War. Around the middle of the 19th century, the community comprised about 120 members, then their number declined due to emigration to about 45 in 1933.

The Jewish cemetery in Bodenheim was used from 1833 to 1937 . Today's cultural monument is located at the southwestern edge of the village, at the extension of the Ebersheimer Weg. The entrance is closed, but at various points through gaps in the hedge you can see the still 43 existing gravestones.