architecture

Worms Synagogue

Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Architecture

full/alternative names
Rashi Shul
built
1034
1174-1175
1956-1961
destroyed/demolished
-
destruction in the course of the November pogrom of 1938
culture
style/period
work type
architect / constr. phase
1034
first synagogue
1174-1175
new construction in Romanesque style
1185-1186
addition underground mikveh
1212-1213
addition of women's synagogue
1355
reconstruction and Gothic style modifications
1616-1620
expansion
1956-1961
reconstruction with preserved parts

Geography

local language location name
Worms, Deutschland [German]
cultural historical region
historical affiliations
1034-1792
1184-1792
1792-1814
1918-1945

UNESCO World Heritage Site

type
cultural
criteria
II, III, VI
designation
reference
1636