former synagogue in Mainz

Mainz, Germany

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

The former synagogue in Mainz, designed by architect Ignaz Opfermann and completed in 1853, exemplified the Byzantine Revival style that appealed to nineteenth-century Jewish communities seeking to create architecturally distinctive houses of worship. Located in Mainz, Germany, the structure stood until its demolition in 1942, falling victim to the Nazi destruction of Jewish cultural heritage during the Second World War.