Mikvah (Ritual Bath)

The former Mikwenhaus in the Judenstraße 26, already built in the 16th century as a half-timbered building, was acquired in 1766 by the Jewish community of Halberstadt. In the basement, the community mikveh with its own spring was established. Until 1879, the baroque community synagogue between Judenstraße and Bakenstraße was accessible via the courtyard gate. After a first renovation of the mikvah in 1855/56, the cellar and first floor were rebuilt in 1891/92 into a representative bathhouse with cross-ribbed vaults, heating, hot water (also to feed the mikvah), bathtubs and toilets.

The former cantor's house in Bakenstraße 56 dates from the end of the 18th century. Directly behind it stood the baroque synagogue of the Jewish community donated by the Halberstadt court factor Berend Lehmann since 1712. The entrance was initially on the east side (from Judenstraße), but was moved to the west in 1879 during renovation and the addition of a new reception hall. From then on, the gateway of the cantor's house on Bakenstraße served as the new main entrance.

Until the renovation of the Small Synagogue, the mikvah in the Small Synagogue was filled in. However, in the building records of the 19th century, a "women's bath" is mentioned and in the basement floor plan, a facility with steps is drawn.

On the property of today's Lindenstraße 9 was from 1819 to 1883 the ritual bath (Mikwe) of the Jewish community in Brandenburg an der Havel.

A few steps lead to the ritual immersion bath (mikvah) in the basement of the right tower of the synagogue in Oranienburgerstraße. The modern and centrally located mikvah has an anteroom that is used as a waiting room. This is where people prepare for the ritual bath. The  "living" water is supplied to the bath via a tank from the roof that collects rainwater.

The Jewish community acquired a building site in 1825 and built a house with a mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) by 1826. In the purchase contract the community had secured itself: The contract could be canceled if no water was found "at a usable depth" within 30 days, which was apparently the case. In 1832 a stove was purchased to heat the water. On the second floor there was a baking oven, in which the Jewish community probably made matzos. In the building today, due to alterations, no traces of the mikvah can be traced.

Walled square shaft with water supply pipe

The mikvah in Laudenbach is built at the beginning of the 19th century, it stands on the former property of a Christian miller next to the road to Himmelstadt. The Laudenbach, in which countless trout cavort, flows with constant pouring and high speed directly past the building. You can see a small one-story house made of quarry stones with sides about 3 meters long. The walls are interrupted by the entrance door and three barred windows.

Mikwe from the 12th century,  the bath is located under the modern Council Chamber and is located several floors below the Historic City Hall.

The mikvah has a connection to the Rhine, according to its level is the height of the water in the  mikvah. 

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