Synagogue

In the 19th century, the congregation's services were initially held in rented rooms. In 1870, the congregation purchased a house in Stubenstraße and converted it into a synagogue. Master builder Fütterer initially planned a representative appearance for the front façade. However, since no subsidies came from the government, the plan could not be executed. The synagogue was built in 1872/73 and consecrated on September 10, 1873.

In 1903/04, the Jewish Community built a new synagogue in the former Hohenlohestr. 1 (today Moßlerstraße) in neo-Romanesque style. The architect was Richard Klepzig from Gotha. The synagogue was solemnly consecrated on May 11, 1904 in the presence of Landrabbiner Dr. Prager from Kassel. It was a central building with a turret-crowned dome.

Already in the Middle Ages there was a synagogue ("Judenschule") (named in 1502). 
In the second half of the 19th century, a synagogue (temple) was established (after 1885) in Leipziger Strasse  
. After the end of the First World War, services were held in a back building (upper floor of a side wing) of the then hotel "Kronprinz" on Rossplatz (later "Square of the Republic"). In addition, there were prayer rooms of various Orthodox movements, a larger one (Orthodox synagogue) until 1938 in Hospitalstraße.

A synagogue is verifiable in the first half of the 19th century, but there may already have been a prayer room in the 18th century. The synagogue was located on the Judenhaugk (today on the Schlossberg southwest of the arched gate leading to the Schlossplatz) and was destroyed by fire on June 23, 1858. At that time all the houses around the market place and in the adjacent streets burned down.

The medieval Jewish residential area was located in the area from Ackerhof to Benediktsplatz until the persecution and destruction of the community in the plague period. Here was the synagogue of the Jewish community. The building, which has been preserved until today, is the oldest synagogue in Central Europe preserved up to the roof. During intensive research in recent years, four construction phases of a total of three synagogues could be identified. The visible western facade with the tracery rosette and the pointed arched windows can be dated to the year 1270.

The Jewish community, which re-emerged a few years after the plague pogrom, was able to build a new synagogue in the area of the parking lot behind the town hall (second synagogue). Remains of this synagogue are probably located under this parking lot. In September 2012, the keystone was recovered.

Article in the magazine "Menorah" 1926 issue 9 p. 528: "The synagogue in Ellrich. The many small Jewish communities in Germany, with their peculiar physiognomy, have been increasingly doomed in recent decades. Among them is the community of Ellrich, a small town on the edge of the southern Harz on the shortest route from Hanover to Thuringia. Here, about half a century ago, lived a small but valuable Jewish community.

A synagogue existed in Eisenach since the Middle Ages. It was located in the then Judengasse, in the area of today's Karlsstraße 23 and existed until the 19th century. Before that, there was probably already a synagogue in the 14th century in the area of today's Löbergasse.

A synagogue was initially established in the manor house of the ducal domain estate in the street "Am Schloßberg". In 1819 the rooms used for this purpose were cancelled by the ducal chamber. Thereupon the services were held in a Jewish private house. 
In 1822 the Jewish community built a synagogue. It was destroyed in the great fire of Dreißigacker on May 13, 1867, to which 145 residential buildings fell victim. As a result, the exact location is unknown. The Jewish school was also completely destroyed in the fire of 1867.