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Until the 18th century there is little information about prayer rooms/synagogues. However, in the second half of the 17th century there is said to have been a synagogue (or at least a prayer room) in the village. According to a tradition it was built in 1677. The drawing of the wedding stone with this year is still known. Another source mentions the year 1706 for a synagogue building. This was an addition to one of the "Jews' houses", which was demolished in 1942, or a prayer house on the same property as the later synagogue of 1799.  

A synagogue was built in 1782. The Jewish community was able to acquire the property Hauptstraße No. 17 from Löw Jacob in that year. In the house standing on this property the first-mentioned Jew Haimb had already lived in 1685. The synagogue was the center of Jewish life in Weisendorf for about 120 years. The synagogue building also housed the schoolroom and the ritual bath. The prayer room had a wooden barrel vault. 
  

Initially there was a prayer hall or a first synagogue. A (new) synagogue was built in 1827. At the dedication of the Jewish school building in Kleinwallstadt in 1899, the desire was expressed for a "more appropriate prayer room and appropriate ritual bath", which should be carried out next to the school building. 
   

A synagogue was built in 1780. A document recorded in this regard: "The base area 1780 from Jüdle Katz received as a gift and in the same year the synagogue was built." The building was renovated several times in the following 150 years, including in 1863 and for the last time in 1928. The synagogue was a half-timbered building with half and full round arch windows, built on a sandstone foundation. The shallow trough vault inside was painted with ornaments in gray and red.

Around 1700, the Jewish residents of Menden had a prayer room in a private residence located in "Ob der Grotte", today's "Wasserstraße". In 1820, the local Jewish community had a synagogue built on Watergasse/Süsterstraße, today's Hochstraße/Synagogengasse. The synagogue was smashed by SS men and locals on the November pogrom night in 1938. The interior, including religious objects and furniture, was thrown into the street and set on fire. However, local residents had prevented the synagogue from burning down completely.

Already for the year 1724 a prayer room can be proven, since the prince abbot of Corvey allowed the Jews from Löwendorf to attend the prayers in the synagogue in Fürstenau according to the Jewish laws. In the middle of the 19th century a rented prayer room is documented. The "Schtiebel" was located in the house of the Sievers. Since there were not enough children in the community, no school was opened.

Until around 1830, services were held in a private house. In 1831 the upper floor of this house in Kirchenstraße was converted into a synagogue room. On the first floor the teacher/preacher had his apartment. For over 100 years the synagogue was the center of the Conservative-Orthodox Jewish community life in Strümpfelbrunn. Until after 1933, customs and liturgical traditions were maintained here that had already become a thing of the past in many communities. This was ensured until after 1933 by the long-time community leader Götz Israel.

Contradictory statements in the literature on the beginning of use: 1859 (Puvogel, 1999) and 1840 (Arlt, Ehlers et al., 1992).

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