New Synagogue Berlin

Bezirk Mitte, Germany

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Opening hours: Apr-Sep: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-19:00; Oct-Mar: Su-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-15:00
Admission: Ticketed
Wheelchair access: Accessible

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The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße in Berlin's Mitte district is a mid-19th-century place of worship designed by Eduard Knoblauch and completed under Friedrich August Stüler following Knoblauch's death in 1865. Inaugurated in 1866 in the presence of Otto von Bismarck, then Minister President of Prussia, the building was constructed as the main synagogue for Berlin's Jewish community, which had outgrown the earlier Old Synagogue. Its striking Moorish Revival style, which drew comparison to Spain's Alhambra, made it an architecturally significant monument in Germany. Though it survived Kristallnacht, the building sustained severe damage before and during World War II, with much subsequently demolished. The present structure is a reconstruction comprising the ruined street frontage with its entrance, dome, and towers, plus a few rooms behind, truncated before where the main hall originally began.