{"id":2,"date":"2013-08-07T07:20:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T05:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorstenkron.de\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:18:30","slug":"startseite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pg-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;lsow_dark_bg&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" data-ratio=\"1\" data-ratio-direction=\"right\">\n<div id=\"pgc-2-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"0.25\">\n<div id=\"panel-2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Synagoge-M-20191108_141908-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1847 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Synagoge-M-20191108_141908-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Synagoge-M-20191108_141908-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Synagoge-M-20191108_141908-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/muehlhBay1-1929.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1851 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/muehlhBay1-1929-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alte Synagoge Muehlhausen. Historisches Foto von Theodor Harburger, 11.06.1929\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/muehlhBay1-1929-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/muehlhBay1-1929-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_9864-2b-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1917 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_9864-2b-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_9864-2b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_9864-2b-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Synagoge-Muehlhausen-1_Foto-Gerschmann.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1433 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Synagoge-Muehlhausen-1_Foto-Gerschmann-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Synagoge-Muehlhausen-1_Foto-Gerschmann-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Synagoge-Muehlhausen-1_Foto-Gerschmann-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Photographs: 1, 3, 4 \u2013 Old Synagogue Muehlhausen 2018\u201319, photographs by Irina Gerschmann; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2 \u2013 Synagogue Muehlhausen, Aron ha-Kodesh. Historical photograph by Theodor Harburger, 11 June 1929, source: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem, CAHJP, P160-421<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-2-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;lsow_dark_bg&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" data-ratio=\"1\" data-ratio-direction=\"right\">\n<div id=\"pgc-2-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-2-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Welcome to the homepage of Forum Alte Synagoge M\u00fchlhausen e. V.!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Here you can find all information about our registered non-profit organization Forum Alte Synagoge M\u00fchlhausen e. V. (Forum Old Synagogue Muehlhausen), about our aims and projects as well as about the building of the former synagogue in Muehlhausen (Middle Franconia).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can get a first impression by a <\/span><strong><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/bildergalerie\/\">virtual tour through our gallery<\/a><\/strong>, by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lVGcPS_bSgI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">image film<\/a><\/strong> made by our member Hugo Pl\u00e4tzer and by the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/film-synagogengeschichten\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>film &#8220;Synagogengeschichten&#8221;<\/strong> (synagogues stories) in the series &#8220;Leben mit einem Denkmal&#8221; (life with a memorial)<\/a>, which can be watched in BR Fernsehen\u2019s media centre. From minute 21:45 on the synagogue of Muehlhausen is presented.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Your donation is needed!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being a non-profit organisation we are dependent on donations. Donations can be made via the\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterplace.org\/de\/projects\/73475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">donation portal\u00a0of Stadt- und Kreiss<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>parkasse Erlangen H\u00f6chstadt Herzogenaurach<\/strong>,\u00a0the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterplace.org\/de\/projects\/73475-sanierung-der-ehemaligen-synagoge-in-muehlhausen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">donation platform betterplace<\/a><\/strong> and as transfer to our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/spenden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donation account<\/a><\/strong>. It is also possible <\/span>to create <a style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Forum-Alte-Synagoge-M%C3%BChlhausen-eV-gemeinn%C3%BCtzige-Organisation-109570823806623\/fundraisers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>fundraisers <\/strong><\/a>on\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Forum-Alte-Synagoge-M%C3%BChlhausen-eV-gemeinn%C3%BCtzige-Organisation-109570823806623\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/forumaltesynagogemuehlhausen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">to support our non-profit work. In addition, we are taking part in the funding programmes <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionaler-als-du-denkst.de\/organization\/forum-alte-synagoge-muehlhausen-e-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Allianz &#8211; Regionaler als du denkst<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialfunders.org\/organization\/forum-alte-synagoge-muehlhausen-e-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">socialfunders\u00ae<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/voting.platzschaffenmitherz.de\/organization\/forum-alte-synagoge-muehlhausen-e-v\/voting\/2025-2-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>OTTO &#8211; Platz schaffen mit Herz &#8211; Communityvoting<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for your support!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/veranstaltungen\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Forthcoming Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Sunday, 6th September 2026:<\/strong> Church fair in M\u00fchlhausen. The former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen is open for public, the opening hours will be announced later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday, 13th September 2026:<\/strong> Tag des offenen Denkmals\u00ae (Day of open Monument). The former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen is open for public, the opening hours will be announced later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;\">Excavation in the former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>From June to August 2025, archaeological excavations were carried out in the former synagogue. Read the accompanying short reports<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px inset, #000000 0px 3px 0px; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/en\/ausgrabung\/\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span> To watch the report (in German) in Frankenschau aktuell on Bayerischer Rundfunk Nord from 18th June 2025 click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardmediathek.de\/video\/frankenschau-aktuell\/ausgrabungen-in-der-synagoge-in-muehlhausen\/br\/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL2Jyb2FkY2FzdC9GMjAyNFdPMDEyMjk4QTAvc2VjdGlvbi84MWI3ODEwZi04NmI0LTQwNTMtYTFkYi00Y2ZhNGUzZmZmZjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The archaeological excavation will be continued in July 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Jewish cemetery M\u00fchlhausen online<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Jewish cemetery M\u00fchlhausen was digitally recorded in 2025 by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection and is now accessible online via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bet-olam-bayern.de\/cemetery\/76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">J\u00fcdische Friedh\u00f6fe in Bayern<\/a> (in German).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>The last Jew of M\u00fchlhausen \u2013 A tribute to Albert Schlo\u00df<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>80 years ago \u2013 on 15th of August 1945 \u2013 the last Jew of M\u00fchlhausen, Albert Schlo\u00df, was released from Theresienstadt concentration camp. This is evident from the passport Mr. Schlo\u00df had received on the day of his release. On the occasion of this anniversary, our association member Otto Pr\u00f6ls handed over the release certificate as well as a photo of Mr. Schlo\u00df to our association. Christof Eberstadt, an advisory board member of our association, has dealt extensively with Mr. Schlo\u00df&#8217;s life and the circumstances of his release. Read the full report\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/projekte\/albert-schloss\/\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> (in German).<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Dr. Ludwig Spaenle about his visit to the former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen and the opening celebration of our event series on the occasion of the anniversary year &#8216;321\u20132021: 1700 years of Jewish life in Germany&#8217; on 11th of July 2021 have left a lasting impression: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/synagoge-muehlhausen.de\/interview\/\">Dr. Ludwig Spaenle about his visit to the former synagogue M\u00fchlhausen<\/a><\/strong> (in German).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Guided tour through the former synagogue and the Jewish cemetery in M\u00fchlhausen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in a group tour through the former synagogue or the Jewish cemetery in M\u00fchlhausen (Middle Franconia)? Then contact us: kristina.fleischmann@synagoge-muehlhausen.de!<\/p>\n<p>Note: \u201cOur\u201d M\u00fchlhausen is the market town in Middle Franconia (Bavaria). For information about the former synagogue in M\u00fchlhausen in Thuringia, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muehlhausen.de\/tourismus\/en\/sights\/churches\/synagogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photographs: 1, 3, 4 \u2013 Old Synagogue Muehlhausen 2018\u201319, photographs by Irina Gerschmann; 2 \u2013 Synagogue Muehlhausen, Aron ha-Kodesh. Historical photograph by Theodor Harburger, 11 June 1929, source: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem, CAHJP, P160-421 Welcome to the homepage of Forum Alte Synagoge M\u00fchlhausen e. V.! 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