Cultural Forum Görlitz Synagogue
Spirituality has many faces in the border triangle of Upper Lusatia, Bohemia and Lower Silesia. In addition to Christian sites of great cultural and historical significance, the region was also home to Jewish life for centuries. The magnificent New Synagogue in Görlitz, built in 1911, is a rare surviving testimony to this period. It survived the pogrom night of 1938 with comparatively little damage - the fire was extinguished.
Designed by the renowned Dresden architects Lossow & Kühne, the building remained unused for a long time after the Shoah. It was not until 1991 that extensive renovation work began. Thanks to support from federal funds, the building was ceremoniously reopened in 2021 as the Görlitz Synagogue Cultural Forum - as opulent and beautiful as when it opened 110 years earlier.
Today, the synagogue is the only surviving large community synagogue in Saxony - a silent monument to Jewish history and part of the Via Sacra.
This point is also a stop on our audio guide.
Good to know
Openings
- For information on changes to opening hours due to events, please visit: https://www.kulturforum-goerlitzer-synagoge.de/
Public guided tours take place every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:00 pm and on the first Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm. (Dates subject to change due to events) Price info
- Eintrittspreise
Vollzahler: 6,00 Euro
Ermäßigt: 4,50 Euro
(Schüler, Auszubildende, Studenten, Freiwilligendienstleistende, Empfänger von ALG II, Sozialhilfeempfänger)
Gruppe: 5,00 Euro pro Person
(ab 10 Personen)
Familienkarte: 14,00 Euro
(gilt für zwei Erwachsene und bis zu 4 Kindern - bis 16 Jahren)
Audioguide: 2,00 Euro
(deutsch, englisch, polnisch, tschechisch)
Öffentlichen Führungen
Vollzahler: 9,00 Euro
(Personen ab 18 Jahren)
Ermäßigt 7,50 Euro
(Auszubildende, Studenten, Freiwilligendienstleistende, Empfänger von ALG II, Sozialhilfeempfänger) Directions & Parking facilities
- Anreise
You can find up-to-date information on how to get to Görlitz at: www.goerlitz.de/Anreise.html
Parken
Paid parking is available in the CityCenter or in Elisabethstraße.
Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel
Take the city bus or streetcar to the "Demianiplatz" stop. From there it is only a few minutes' walk to the Kulturforum Görlitzer Synagoge. Further information is available at: https://www.goerlitztakt.de/de/ Author
Europastadt GörlitzZgorzelec GmbH
Organization
Das Landschaftswunderland Oberlausitz
License (master data)
Europastadt GörlitzZgorzelec GmbH
