Synagogue

Initially, a prayer room was probably established in one of the Jewish apartments. In 1738 a horse stable on the north side of the castle was converted into a first synagogue. For this an annual fee of 2 talers rent per congregation member was to be paid to the local lordship. On April 30, 1841, the synagogue burned down. The nearby bakehouse had gone up in flames, which also destroyed several neighboring buildings, including the Jewish school with the teacher's apartment. For almost 100 years this building served the Jewish community as a religious center.

The synagogue existing in the Middle Ages stood according to a report of 1521 "in the Erfurtische street, where anitzo the Bartolomäische rear building is' (meant: the property Erfurter street No. 17, rear house). It was probably a stone house, which also served as a dwelling for Jewish families.  On December 29, 1878 - after an assassination attempt and happy return of the German Emperor - a thanksgiving service took place. Teacher Ehrlich gave an address which included, "Merciful God and Father of all people.

Note from Prof. Bob Martens, TU Vienna

Since the Jewish community of Erfurt grew again after the end of World War 2, the community board already in 1946 made a first request to the city of Erfurt for the return of the property on which the Great Synagogue had stood until 1938. After a council decision on March 20, 1947, the community received the site back. Since then, they worked on plans to build a new synagogue.

Jews lived in Hagen according to written documents since the beginning of the 18th century. They did not have a religious center, but prayed in various private houses until the year 1819, where, among other things, a synagogue and a school were housed in an older half-timbered building.

It was not until 1859 that the Jewish community of Hagen was able to inaugurate its new synagogue in Potthofstraße. Forty years later, the house of worship was rebuilt and rededicated.

The Old Synagogue in Bonn was built in 1878/79 on the Judengasse (until 1886, later Tempelstraße), which had been laid out from 1715.
On November 10, 1938, the synagogue and the community hall were set on fire, and the following year they were destroyed and demolished.

The property  passed from the Jewish community to the ownership of the city of Bonn in June 1939. A day care center was built on the property, which was demolished after the end of World War II. The site was used as a parking lot.

In 2007/2008, the Jewish religious community in Bielefeld planned to build a synagogue, as the previous premises had become too small for the members of the growing community after the Protestant Paul Gerhardt congregation merged with the Neustadt Mariengemeinde in 2005. After the merger, the Paul Gerhardt Church was up for sale and the Jewish community tried to acquire the building for its religious center. It was not until September 21, 2008, after conflicts between the Protestant and Jewish communities, that the dedication took place.

In the garden of the community center stands since 2007 the half-timbered synagogue of 1826 brought here from Bodenfelde, which will serve in the future of the Jewish community as a prayer house.