Synagogue

The synagogue at Peterstraße 6 in Oldenburg was built in 1854. It was directly connected with the Jewish elementary school (elementary school) and associated teachers' apartments. The official dedication of the synagogue took place on August 24, 1855. State Rabbi Bernhard Wechsler (born 1807-1874) delivered a very impressive sermon. Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (b. 1827-1900) and Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (b. 1826-1896) were present.

The Conservative synagogue on Rykestraße is the only remaining Jewish place of worship in the eastern part of the city. It was finally inaugurated in 1904 after a ten-month construction period and served as a meeting place and place of prayer primarily for Jews who had moved to Eastern Europe. Attached to it were several Jewish school institutions. The synagogue, located in the backyard, continued to function as such until 1940, when it was misused by the National Socialists as a storage facility, among other things.

A hundred years ago, it was founded as a synagogue for the liberal stream of Judaism, whose adherents increasingly settled in the West End at the beginning of the 20th century.

Today, the large main room serves as an Orthodox synagogue, while at the same time all directions within the Jewish community find their home in the building. Neither the Pogrom Night nor the 2nd World War could destroy the Westend Synagogue completely, thus the reconstruction can take place already 1948 - 1950 by the architects Max Kemper, Werner Hebebrand in cooperation with Hans Leistikow.