Synagogue

Last use: residential

The exact location of the medieval synagogue (called 1435) is not known. It was probably located in the area of the then Judengasse, where today the Theaterstraße could run.   
  
There was also a synagogue in the 17th century (mentioned in 1684), which was probably destroyed in the great town fire of 1689.   
  
In the 18th century (1742) is mentioned in a council protocol of the city a "Chanteur à la Synagogue". According to this, there was also a prayer room or synagogue at that time.   

In the 18th century, a private prayer room existed in the house of a Jewish family, presumably in the Goldmann house at Schlossstraße 33. According to a report from 1820 the prayer room had become much too small in the meantime in view of the strong growth of the community.

Already in the 18th century there was probably a prayer room which was possibly established in the house Stiegelgasse 25, which later became antechamber to the synagogue newly built in 1841. For years the Jewish community collected the funds for a new synagogue building, which was approved by the authorities in April 1840 and built in the following months. The synagogue was built in Moorish style ("beautifully copied oriental style") and was solemnly consecrated on August 27, 1841 by District Rabbi Dr. Sobernheim from Bingen .

At the beginning of the 19th century there was synagogue of unknown year of construction present. It was located on the upper floor in the back of a private house built entirely of wood (by Jakob Lützel). On the first floor below the synagogue was a cowshed.   
 

Last use: No information

Already at the beginning of the 19th century a prayer room may have been established. Around 1840 a synagogue was built, which was the worship center of the community until its destruction during the November pogrom in 1938. The synagogue had two high round-arched windows on the street side. On the left side - seen from the street - was the synagogue courtyard, from which a small staircase led into the building. 

In 1741 the Jewish community bought a house on the property Östlicher Graben 19. On it 1749-57 a synagogue was built. The building was renovated several times until the 20th century. The character as a late Baroque synagogue building was preserved. To this day, a wooden flat barrel of the prayer hall decorated with stucco rosettes can be seen In the course of the 19th century, the synagogue was renovated several times and adapted to the needs of the time.

Last use: parking

Last use: since 1956 book printing