Synagoge Freudental
Neoclassical rural synagogue of 1770 in Freudental, today a place of learning and remembrance with an exhibition of genizah finds; visits by arrangement.
Over het museum
After Jewish families were allowed to settle in Freudental from 1723, the community at first used a prayer room in the so-called Judenschlössle. After a first building that quickly fell into disrepair, the present synagogue was built in 1770 in the neoclassical style. As early as 1926 it was protected as a historic monument.
During the November pogrom of 1938 the interior was ransacked and the ritual objects were publicly burned; the building itself remained standing. The local municipality bought it in 1943, returned it after the war, acquired it again, and in 1955 sold it to a craft business, which converted it. At the end of the 1970s demolition had already been decided.
In 1980 committed citizens from Freudental, Löchgau, and the surrounding area founded a support and sponsoring association, which acquired the building and, with the support of the district of Ludwigsburg, restored it in keeping with preservation requirements over several years – the synagogue with women's gallery, Renaissance tower, outbuilding, and vaulted cellar. During the renovation in 1983, numerous writings, books, and textiles of a genizah came to light in the attic.
Today the Pädagogisch-Kulturelles Centrum (PKC) runs the building as an educational and meeting place with tours, learning days, concerts, and a guesthouse. On the women's gallery, original documents from the genizah are exhibited, showing the everyday life of rural Jews over more than two centuries.
Hoogtepunten
- Oldest surviving synagogue in Württemberg (1770)
- Exhibition of the genizah finds on the women's gallery
- Chuppah stone (wedding stone) at the entrance
- Jewish cemetery with over 400 gravestones
- Theater walks on the local Jewish history
Vaste collectie
- Genisa – das verborgene Erbe – Original documents from the genizah discovered in 1983 on the Torah, holidays, school, birth, and marriage in the life of rural Jews.
- Beheerder
- Pädagogisch-Kulturelles Centrum Ehemalige Synagoge Freudental e. V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Groepen (vanaf 10 pers.) | –Donation of about €8–10 per person requested; tours for 10 or more people. |
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Tours for school classes free (donation welcome); other groups are asked for a donation of about €8–10 per person. Lunch on learning days on request €5 per person.
Toegankelijkheid
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Kinderen & gezin
Beperkt geschikt voor kinderen
The programs are aimed mainly at school classes and youth groups, such as learning days and GPS rallies through the village.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Freudental Post
Regional train or S5 from Stuttgart to Bietigheim-Bissingen, then bus 567 toward Hohenhaslach.
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Signposted parking lot in the Gaisgraben; for unloading, you can drive up to the PKC.
By car via the A81 (exit Ludwigsburg Nord or Mundelsheim), A6, or A8.
Route plannenService & horeca
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Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 2 uur |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Visit to the synagogue and the genizah exhibition only by arrangement. Tours for school classes and groups of 10 or more include the synagogue, the genizah, and the walk to the Jewish cemetery, supplemented on request by a tour of the village. Also learning days, theater walks, calligraphy workshops, and Actionbound rallies. |
