Online Archive of Synagogues

Since the early 18th century, the "Klaus" was a place of Jewish learning and religiosity. According to the will of founder and court Jew Lemle Moses Reinganum, it was to serve as a yeshiva and synagogue "as long as the world stands."

The institution in the heart of Mannheim became the center of Jewish Orthodoxy in the 19th century, while the main synagogue in F 2, 13 was available to the religious liberal part of the community.

Last use: residential

Last use: since 1908 residential

The synagogue building was a three-story building that extended from Bachgasse to Gerbergasse. It also housed the Jewish school and the teacher/precentor's apartment until 1879, when they were moved to the Jewish community center at Hauptstraße 72. On September 1, 1879, the Jewish congregation sold the synagogue building, which was apparently in serious disrepair at the time, to congregation member Samuel Heimann for 4,000 marks, but retained in it the right to use the prayer hall and the women's bath.