The oldest synagogue site in Germany — first built around 1034, rebuilt and extended through the medieval period, burned by the Nazis on Kristallnacht in 1938, and reconstructed in 1959 using the surviving original stones. The current building feels small and quiet; the men's hall preserves the Romanesque pillars and stone benches.
Behind the synagogue, a stone staircase leads down into the 1186 mikveh, a deep ritual bath cut into the rock to reach the groundwater. The cool, dim shaft is one of the most atmospheric spaces in Worms. The site sits on the UNESCO-listed Judengasse, alongside the Levy Synagogue and the Rashi House — visit them all in one circuit of about an hour.