Worms Synagogue

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Worms Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Worms, Germany, renowned as one of the oldest synagogues in Europe and a key site of medieval Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious building
historic building
synagogue
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
associatedWith Rashi NERFINISHED
ShUM rabbinical tradition NERFINISHED
category Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate
constructionStart 1034
country Germany NERFINISHED
denomination Ashkenazi Judaism NERFINISHED
destroyedIn Kristallnacht NERFINISHED
November 1938
pogrom of 1349
floorPlanType basilica-like hall
founded 11th century
hasFeature Torah ark NERFINISHED
bimah
courtyard
mikveh nearby
women's synagogue
hasInscription Hebrew inscriptions
hasNearbySite Worms Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) NERFINISHED
medieval mikveh of Worms NERFINISHED
heritage medieval Ashkenazi Jewish heritage
heritageDesignation cultural monument of Rhineland-Palatinate
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED
locatedIn Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate NERFINISHED
Worms NERFINISHED
locatedOn Judengasse, Worms NERFINISHED
material stone
ownership Jewish community of Mainz (historically Worms community) NERFINISHED
partOf Jewish community of Worms NERFINISHED
ShUM communities NERFINISHED
UNESCO World Heritage Site "ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz" NERFINISHED
rebuilt 12th century
after 1938
post-World War II
religion Judaism
reopening 1961
significance major center of medieval Ashkenazi learning
one of the oldest synagogues in Europe
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2021
usedFor Jewish prayer
Torah study
community gatherings

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Worms, Germany hasReligiousBuilding Worms Synagogue