Alemannia Judaica

Last use: living space

Until around 1830, services were held in a private house. In 1831 the upper floor of this house in Kirchenstraße was converted into a synagogue room. On the first floor the teacher/preacher had his apartment. For over 100 years the synagogue was the center of the Conservative-Orthodox Jewish community life in Strümpfelbrunn. Until after 1933, customs and liturgical traditions were maintained here that had already become a thing of the past in many communities. This was ensured until after 1933 by the long-time community leader Götz Israel.

The synagogue building was a three-story building that extended from Bachgasse to Gerbergasse. It also housed the Jewish school and the teacher/precentor's apartment until 1879, when they were moved to the Jewish community center at Hauptstraße 72. On September 1, 1879, the Jewish congregation sold the synagogue building, which was apparently in serious disrepair at the time, to congregation member Samuel Heimann for 4,000 marks, but retained in it the right to use the prayer hall and the women's bath.

Last use: after 1941 fire magazine, clubhouse

Last use: since 1904 residential

The present synagogue Worms goes back to the synagogue built in 1034. From this first building the founder's inscription has been preserved - today it is built into the outer wall next to the main portal. The synagogue was built as a hall with two columns (two naves) and a bima in the center. It was the first building of this type and set the trend for later synagogue buildings. In the same way synagogues were built in Regensburg (1210/1220), Prague (1260s), Vienna (1294) and Krakow (15th century)

At first there was probably a prayer room. In 1725 a synagogue could be built. For more than 200 years it was the center of Jewish community life in the village. It was a building with a size of 13,8 m x 9,8 m with a hipped roof. In the men's prayer room it had last 90 seats, on the presumably three-sided circumferential women's gallery it had 50 seats. 

In the second half of the 17th century there was probably a prayer room in one of the Jewish residential houses. However, there is no documentary evidence. An old synagogue around 1700 could have been established in a building in the Webergasse. Also for this no written proofs are present. 

Last use: storage room of a supermarket

At the beginning of the 19th century, Jews living in Schifferstadt first attended the synagogue in Speyer, then in Böhl. Since 1826 there was a prayer hall available. It had been furnished by the Jewish families together and equipped with the necessary rituals. The location of this first prayer hall is unknown. It sufficed for the purposes of the community for about 25 years.