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Already in the Middle Ages Jews settled in Rostock. For lack of sources can not be said whether it already at that time the community had a synagogue.

In 1856 the house belonging to the widow of Legationsrat Reuß Hospitalstrasse 36 together with the associated garden was up for sale. The Jewish wine merchant Heinrich Hirsch initially wanted to purchase the property. When he heard of the Jewish community's wish to build a synagogue on this property, he withdrew from the purchase in favor of the community. Of the four building plans submitted the one by Baurat Gustav Breymann was selected.

The small Jewish community in Anspach acquired the small building with a gable roof in the 19th century to use it as a synagogue. The synagogue, which also included a schoolroom, was used by Jewish residents in Anspach, Rod am Berg and Schmitten.

In Anspach fifteen, in Rod am Berg nine Jewish inhabitants were counted in 1843. In 1905 these were still seven in Anspach and eleven in Rod am Berg. There was no own rabbi or teacher because of the small size. These were found in Wehrheim or Usingen.

In all five districts there is a Protestant parish, in Wölfersheim a Protestant Reformed parish, In addition, a Roman Catholic parish was formed after 1945, which is merged with the Catholic parish in Echzell to a parish.

The Protestant parishes of Södel and Melbach work closely together and have a common pastor.

With the exception of the Protestant parish of Wohnbach, which belongs to the deanery of Hungen, the other four Protestant parishes in the municipality of Wölfersheim have now joined the Protestant deanery of Wetterau.

A synagogue ("Judenschule") is mentioned already in 1789. The street where it was located is still called Judengasse today. The synagogue was leased to Lazarus Jacob for residential purposes in 1902 and auctioned off for 1,900 marks in 1907. The rituals and the Torah scrolls were moved to Kusel. The building still stands and is used as a residence. In the neighboring building, the remains of a mikvah were found during renovation work in the 1960s.

Since 1799, the Jewish community in Boizenburg had a synagogue in the small Wallstraße. In 1864, the synagogue, which was originally a half-timbered building, was completely rebuilt and received a new brick facade. The consecration of the synagogue took place on October 1, 1864. The synagogue was sold as early as 1892 due to the decline in the number of congregation members. In 1934, the city took over the house and used it as a local museum until the 1980s.

The villa in Harvestehude was rented by the Sephardic community in 1935 and furnished as a synagogue. The building bore the Hebrew inscription "Holy Congregation of Sephardim Beit Israel - Near is God to all who call upon Him"; on the bay window was a Magen David. Neither had to be removed, despite a protest by the NSDAP to the relevant authorities. In 1938, the synagogue was probably not attacked. After the lease expired at the end of 1939, the building was converted back to residential use.

The so-called Klaussynagoge was founded around 1700 [in older accounts usually the year 1703 is mentioned] by the Halberstadt court factor Berend Lehmann (1681-1730) as a Jewish study and teaching house. The prospective teachers and rabbis were to be released from community service in order to be able to devote themselves entirely to Torah and Talmud study "in seclusion". Previously, Berend Lehmann had already financed the first printing of the Babylonian Talmud in Germany (Frankfurt/Oder) in 1696-99.

Last use: warehouse

From the Middle Ages and from the 17th century there are no reports of a prayer hall or a synagogue.
   
The Jewish families who had moved in since the 1860s initially attended services in the synagogue in Floß. From at least 1882 to 1889, services were held in a prayer room in the house of Joseph Wilmersdörfer. In 1889 a Jewish community center with synagogue and school could be built and furnished. The solemn inauguration of the synagogue took place on September 20, 1889 (Friday before Rosh Hashanah 5650) in the presence of Rabbi Wittelshöfer from Floß.