Maisel Synagogue
The Maisel Synagogue, or Maiselova synagoga, is the oldest surviving prayer house of Prague’s historic ghetto and a centerpiece of Jewish Museum exhibitions. Built beginning in 1590 and consecrated in 1592 on Simchat Torah, it was financed by Mordechai Maisel, a leading ghetto businessman who secured imperial privileges to establish his synagogue. The plan, attributed to Judah Coref de Herz and realized by Josef Wahl, made the building the largest and most impressive in the ghetto for its time. After Maisel’s death in 1601, his possessions—including the synagogue—were eventually restored to the community after lengthy legal proceedings. The structure endured repeated calamities: a devastating 1689 fire that shortened the hall by about one third, and another major fire in 1754. Reconstruction began in 1864 under J. W. Wertmüller, with a later Gothic Revival reinterpretation guided by Alfred Grotte. …
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