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Fürth Schnaittach Schwabach The Jewish Museum of Franconia

SCHNAITTACH SCHNAITTACH SCHWABACH SCHWABACH Exhibition and Collection Building History Sukkah/Tabernacle Synagogue Lane

The Jewish Museum of Franconia in Schnaittach Built in 1570, the synagogue reflects typical The Jewish Museum of Franconia in Schwabach Visitors to the Jewish Museum of Franconia in is housed in a former synagogue that dates back Central European style. Its architecture was based is located in a former Jewish house on Schwabach also gain insight into small-town to 1570. It includes an annexed dwelling for the on medieval models, such as the Pinkas School in Synagogengasse (Synagogue Lane). A treasure of Jewish communal life. rabbi and cantor, as well as a ritual bath, or Prague. In 1735–36, the building was extended European Jewish cultural heritage was discovered mikvah. eastward. An unusual feature is the southward ad- here: a historic sukkah, its walls decorated The Synagogue Lane is located near the center dition, which housed a large synagogue for women. with impressive murals painted in the late of Schwabach today. The street witnessed many Schnaittach’s significant Jewish community dated 18th century. The symbolic themes of the wall changes, and – as the center of Jewish life for back to the 16th century; Schnaittach was the The Schnaittach synagogue was almost completely paintings are unique in Western Europe. such a long time – it influenced local history in seat of the rabbinate through the 19th century. destroyed in November 1938, during the pan-Germanic general, and regional Jewish history specifically. Local rabbis ran their own Talmud school here. pogrom against Jews and their property. All that In the late 18th century, Moses Löw Koppel After all, Schwabach was the seat of the district remains are the stone Torah shrine and the grates purchased the house, extended the building’s rabbinate and home to a Talmud school as well. The Museum’s permanent collection contains at the entrance to the women’s school, which were second story and added the sukkah. He had the most important extant objects representing constructed using segments of the Baroque lectern. its walls decorated with figurative images, On and near Synagogengasse are the old Jewish rural culture in southern Germany. It inspired by the title pages of contemporary synagogue, the former home of the rabbi, the includes items related to religious rituals, but The Museum complex in Schnaittach includes the Hebrew publications. On one wall, a rabbit hunt Talmud school and the homes of court Jews and also numerous objects that rural Jews used every dwelling of the rabbi and the cantor, which the is depicted – a most unusual find, since this their families. Together, these buildings form an day in the »Medinat Ashpah« – the administrative Jewish community built and used for communal theme previously had been seen mostly in book important ensemble, reflecting Jewish life in a association of Jewish communities in Ottensoos, purposes, as well – including administration illustrations, on embroidery or on porcelain small Franconian city in a symbolic and realistic Schnaittach, Forth and Hüttenbach. offices, classrooms and the ritual bath, or mikvah. paintings. manner. That mikvah may still be seen today, in the basement of the rabbi’s house.

Another communal structure is located adjacent to the Museum complex: the former home of the shulklopfer, a man who literally knocked on doors to remind congregants to go to shul – to synagogue. FÜRTH bronn/Ansbach, and exit Königstraße 89 at Schwabach (after Ans- 3TIRMRKLSYVW bach); By train: 10 min. Tues.: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., from Nuremberg main train Wed. – Sun.: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. station Closed Mondays (except for All Museums closed on Easter Monday and Whit Yom Kippur, Dec. 24 to 25, Monday), closed during the Dec. 31 to Jan 1 Fürth Kirchweih festival +IXXMRKXLIVI Tour booking and Take the U1 subway to reservation for groups Fürth Rathaus (City Hall); Tel. +49 (0)911-770577 Parking: Parking Garage (Mon.–Thurs.: City Center 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.) THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF FRANCONIA FÜRTH FÜRTH FÜRTH Fax +49 (0)911-741 78 96 Fürth Exhibition and Collection Building History Café and Bookshop SCHNAITTACH fuehrungen@juedisches- Schnaittach Museumsgasse 12–16 museum.org Schwabach Franconia boasted a diverse, unique Jewish The Fürth Museum building is an impressive ex- The Café at the Jewish Museum of Franconia in 3TIRMRKLSYVW culture as early as the Middle Ages, with its own hibit in and of itself. The former residence, built Fürth is a gathering place for newcomers and for Sat. and Sun.: Admission fee (varies for Franconia was an important cradle of Jewish life rituals, customs and scholarly traditions. in 1702, was owned by Jewish families through those in the know. You can try Fürth’s famous 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., special exhibitions) in southern Germany, with more than 400 Jewish the late 19th century – including court Jews, lemon tart, brownies or Jewish holiday pastries, Open Easter Monday and %HYPXW communities. The Jewish Museum of Franconia The permanent exhibit of the Jewish Museum Hebrew publishers and merchants. Among them baked according to traditional recipes; and sip Whit Monday. Group guided 3 ` / 2 ` reduced offers a fascinating glimpse into nearly 1,000 of Franconia in Fürth presents one of the most were the Fromm family, who were related to court an Italian coffee or kosher wine. You’ll also find a tours by appointment; also 'LMPHVIR unbroken years of Jewish history. A unique impressive collections of objects related to Jews, such as the Model family of Ansbach or large selection of daily newspapers, cultural jour- possible outside normal free up to age 12 (except feature of the Jewish Museum of Franconia is Franconian-Jewish culture. In 16 sections, the Oppenheimers in Heidelberg, Stuttgart and nals and Jewish weekly and monthly publications. hours for school groups) its buildings, located in Fürth, Schnaittach it presents Jewish life in Franconia from its Vienna. +IXXMRKXLIVI *EQMP]XMGOIX and Schwabach: All the museums are housed in medieval beginnings to today, between homeland The shop and bookstore at the Jewish Museum of Take the A9 towards Berlin, 7 ` / 5 ` reduced historical structures built from the 16th to the and exile, tradition and assimilation, destruction Rare objects from this period reflect everyday Franconia in Fürth are operated in cooperation and exit at Schnaittach; +VSYTXSYVW 18th century, and all have significant collections and a new beginning. Jewish life: The ritual bath from the time of the with Literaturhandlung of Munich, the definitive By train: 40 minutes from Entry fee of Judaica and everyday objects. They convey home’s construction is still fed by groundwater; store for literature on Judaism. It offers novels Nuremberg main station + 5 ` tour fee per person the broad range of Jewish lifestyles in Franconia: The Jewish history of Fürth also holds an a historical sukkah features a sophisticated roof and non-fiction on Jewish themes, Judaica, CDs 7GLSSPKVSYTW from the urbanized life in Fürth to the small- important place in the permanent exhibit. From design; and the house boasts a magnificent with Jewish music, greeting cards and Jewish SCHWABACH 3 ` per pupil, town life in Schwabach, up to the rural lifestyle the 17th century to the early 19th century, Baroque stucco ceiling. ritual objects. Synagogengasse 10 2 adult chaperons free in Schnaittach. Fürth was the center of religious Jewish life in 3TIRMRKLSYVW southern Germany, with several synagogues, Visit requires booking a Postal Address Talmud schools and Hebrew printing presses. guided tour Jüdisches Museum Franken It is also known today as the birthplace of +IXXMRKXLIVI Nürnberger Str. 3 Jakob Wassermann, Leopold Ullstein and Henry Take the A6 towards Heil- D-90762 Fürth, Germany Kissinger. Trägerverein Jüdisches Museum Franken e.V.