Mikvah (Ritual Bath)

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Mikvah (Ritual Bath)
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Historical mikvah "Jewish bath

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"Judenbad" is the local name for the Friedberg mikvah. With its 25 meters depth and a square cross-section of 5.5 x 5.5 meters, it is the largest and most impressive mikveh in Germany. It is one of the few monumental mikvahs preserved from the Middle Ages.

Since only "living water," such as groundwater, is needed for a ritual bath, the shaft runs vertically through the basalt rock on which the town of Friedberg stands. The water can rise to a maximum of five meters and has a temperature of about 7.5°C.