New Synagogue
The Neue Synagoge on Oranienburger Straße became the main synagogue for Berlin’s Jewish community in the mid-19th century, replacing the Old Synagogue after it was outgrown. Designed by Eduard Knoblauch, the building process continued after his death in 1865—Friedrich August Stüler took responsibility for much of the work and the interior. It was inaugurated in 1866 in the presence of Count Otto von Bismarck, then Minister President of Prussia. Architecturally, the synagogue’s Moorish Revival design—known for its resemblance to the Alhambra—made it one of Germany’s most distinctive mid-century Jewish monuments, with polychrome brickwork and a gilded main dome. It could hold 3,000 people in the main hall. Surviving Kristallnacht, the Neue Synagoge was later badly damaged during World War II and then largely demolished. …
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