Home Destinations Europe Germany Berlin Sights Neue Synagoge

Neue Synagoge Review

Read our Berlin sights reviews. Or post your own.

Neue Synagoge

Address: Oranienburger Str. 28-30, Mitte, Berlin | Map It
Phone: 030/8802-8316
www.cjudaicum.de

New Synagogue

Category: Educational Institutions
Location: Mitte's Scheunenviertel and Prenzlauer Berg

Write a review

Fodor's Review:

This meticulously restored landmark, built between 1859 and 1866, is an exotic amalgam of styles, the whole faintly Middle Eastern. Its bulbous, gilded cupola stands out in the skyline. When its doors opened, it was the largest synagogue in Europe, with 3,200 seats. The synagogue was damaged on November 9, 1938 (Kristallnacht—Night of the Broken Glass), when Nazi looters rampaged across Germany, burning synagogues and smashing the few Jewish shops and homes left in the country. It was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943, and it wasn't until the mid-1980s that the East German government restored it. The effective exhibit on the history of the building and its congregants includes fragments of the original architecture and furnishings. Sabbath services are held in a modern addition.

Cost: EUR 3, EUR 4.60 including special exhibits; tour EUR 1.50, German only
Open: Sept.-Apr., Sun.-Thurs. 10-6, Fri. 10-2; May-Aug., Sun. and Mon. 10-8, Tues.-Thurs. 10-6, Fri. 10-5. Tours Wed. at 4, Sun. at 2 and 4. Cupola Mar.-Oct.
Metro: Oranienburger Strasse (U-bahn), Oranienburger Tor (S-bahn)

Find more sights in Berlin »