Alemannia Judaica

Last use: No information

The prayer room of the Eastern Jewish Association "Shomre Shabbos"

From the Middle Ages and from the 17th century there are no reports of a prayer hall or a synagogue.
   
The Jewish families who had moved in since the 1860s initially attended services in the synagogue in Floß. From at least 1882 to 1889, services were held in a prayer room in the house of Joseph Wilmersdörfer. In 1889 a Jewish community center with synagogue and school could be built and furnished. The solemn inauguration of the synagogue took place on September 20, 1889 (Friday before Rosh Hashanah 5650) in the presence of Rabbi Wittelshöfer from Floß.

Until the 18th century there is little information about prayer rooms/synagogues. However, in the second half of the 17th century there is said to have been a synagogue (or at least a prayer room) in the village. According to a tradition it was built in 1677. The drawing of the wedding stone with this year is still known. Another source mentions the year 1706 for a synagogue building. This was an addition to one of the "Jews' houses", which was demolished in 1942, or a prayer house on the same property as the later synagogue of 1799.  

Last use: savings bank

The Jewish community of Deggingen used two more buildings as synagogues after 1734. It disbanded in 1879. Last use: residential house

A synagogue was built in 1782. The Jewish community was able to acquire the property Hauptstraße No. 17 from Löw Jacob in that year. In the house standing on this property the first-mentioned Jew Haimb had already lived in 1685. The synagogue was the center of Jewish life in Weisendorf for about 120 years. The synagogue building also housed the schoolroom and the ritual bath. The prayer room had a wooden barrel vault. 
  

In the Middle Ages and the centuries up to the middle of the 19th century, there is no mention of a prayer hall or synagogue at any time.  
     

Last use: social housing

No information is available about the history of the prayer rooms and synagogues from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. A new synagogue was built in 1882/83 by the Fürth master builder Evora. The building with its two double towers quickly became one of Gunzenhausen's landmarks. The dedication of the synagogue was on October 19, 1883 by District Rabbi Aron Bär Grünbaum from Ansbach.