Synagogue

Last use: garages

Adorf is a small community in the north of Hesse in the Waldeck region. 

Jews settled in Adorf since the late 18th century. In 1872 the community counted 75 members, in 1933 still 20. Some Jews were able to emigrate, 8 became victims of persecution. 

In 1830 a synagogue and a school were built in the center of the village near St. John's Church. The synagogue was sold and demolished in 1937. The interior furnishings were destroyed in November 1938. Last use of the property: garden.

The community had a school with a teacher and a mikvah.

In Niedermeiser there was a prayer room or a synagogue in one of the Jewish residential houses. The building in Bruchweg, which has survived to this day, was a two-story half-timbered building with a gable roof in the street. In the garden there was a "permanent" leaf hut in the place where there is also an annex today. The barn attached to the east served the shepherd for the ritual slaughters. 

Last use: after 1945 used as a residence and fire station. Since November 1990, the building has been used as a cultural meeting place.

At first there was probably a prayer room in one of the Jewish houses.

Last use: residential

It is not known whether there was already a prayer hall or a synagogue in the Middle Ages.

In the second half of the 17th century (before 1671) a synagogue was built at the Obertor (Obertorstraße 33). It was a half-timbered building with a hall storey, gable roof, crippled hipped roofs and six large round-arched windows 3.40 meters high. In 1837, the building was rebuilt and a women's gallery was added to the upper floor. Until 1895, this synagogue was used.

Last use: residential

Since the beginning of the 18th century, Neckarsteinach had a synagogue or a prayer room in a building. In this was also a ritual bath. 1801 to 1803, the community decided to establish a new synagogue. For this purpose, a house was bought on the road to Hirschhorn (Hirschstraße) and a prayer room with a bathroom and a teacher's apartment was established in it. In 1886, however, the old synagogue had to be torn down due to dilapidation.

Initially there was a prayer room (synagogue) in a private Jewish house. In 1846, during a visit to Ober-Gleen, the Grand Ducal Land Rabbi Levy recommended the extension of the synagogue. Whether this was done at that time is not known. There were insufficient funds for a new building at that time. After all, a fund for a new synagogue building was created in October 1846.