Tour of the Old Synagogue

The Old Synagogue in Waagegasse is one of the very few surviving medieval synagogues and is the oldest synagogue in Europe that has been preserved up to the roof. It is a testimony to one of the most important Jewish communities of the Middle Ages. The oldest documented section of the building dates back to around 1100.
The Old Synagogue Erfurt presents evidence of Erfurt's medieval Jewish culture.
The ‘Erfurt Treasure’, a Gothic treasure from the 13th/14th century recovered in 1998 in the immediate vicinity of the synagogue, can be seen in the basement of the monument. With 3,141 silver coins, 14 silver ingots, over 700 pieces of Gothic gold and silver jewellery and the Jewish wedding ring, it is unique in the world. In the monument's former ballroom from the late 19th century, the Erfurt Hebrew manuscripts from the 12th-14th centuries bear witness to the intellectual heyday of Erfurt's first Jewish community.