Alte Synagoge Petershagen
Alte Synagoge Petershagen stands in Petershagen, northern Germany, as an architectural ensemble of a synagogue, Jewish school, and mikveh. Together, these buildings preserve a distinct place within the town’s Jewish history.
The synagogue rose in 1845–46, replacing an older structure built in 1796. During the 1938 pogrom night, attackers desecrated the interior, while the building, Torah ark, bimah, and windows survived. After the city acquired and restored it in 1998, the site became an information and documentation centre.
A permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions, and cultural events trace Jewish local and regional history. Volunteer-led tours and lectures connect Petershagen’s Jewish past with the surrounding region. The surviving Torah ark, bimah, and windows provide a tangible link to the community’s history.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Petershagen. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.