Old Synagogue Hagenow

Old Hagenow Synagogue - a unique ensemble in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The Old Hagenow Synagogue is one of the most remarkable cultural monuments in the Baltic Sea region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Built in 1828 in Hagenstraße, the ensemble of synagogue, front building and carriage shed is unique in Mecklenburg in its architectural unity. Anyone visiting historic coastal towns such as Wismar, Rostock or Schwerin will find Hagenow to be an important place of Jewish history in western Mecklenburg.

Permanent exhibition and cultural events in the Old Synagogue

Since 2010, the Hanna Meinungen House has been showing the permanent exhibition "Traces of Jewish life in Hagenow and West Mecklenburg" in the front building. Although the interior of the synagogue was destroyed in the pogrom night of 1938, the substance of the building was preserved and was extensively restored between 2004 and 2009. Today, the Old Synagogue regularly hosts concerts, lectures, special exhibitions and cultural events.

Jewish life in Hagenow - history of the religious school and mikvah

The front building once housed the religious school with the teacher's and janitor's apartment as well as the ritual bath, the so-called mikvah. This authentically preserved ensemble provides a rare insight into the history of Hagenow's Jewish community and adds a historically valuable testimony to the cultural landscape of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.