From a house of prayer to a meeting place

The Jewish community consecrated the small synagogue on 10 July 1840. However, it was only used as a place of worship for 44 years, until 1884, as the community grew considerably in the 19th century. They built the Great Synagogue on today's Juri-Gagarin-Ring and sold the Small Synagogue to a merchant. The house served him as a warehouse and production building. In 1918, the city built flats. In the 1980s, interest in the Jewish heritage grew. The city had the building history of the synagogue researched and the building renovated. Building researchers found the mikveh as well as the Torah shrine and the women's gallery. Today, the Small Synagogue serves as a meeting place and houses an exhibition on Jewish life in Erfurt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The tour takes you into the prayer room, which has been preserved in almost its original state. Afterwards, you will visit the mikveh preserved in the basement and the permanent exhibition of the Small Synagogue.