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A space for faith: Switzerland’s first synagogue
Until 1750, Jewish community members prayed in a temporary structure, “above upper miller’s wagon shed”, as a handed-down local saying puts it. When the community eventually grew to almost 40 households, the residents decided to finally provide devout ritual the space it deserved. It was thus that, in 1750, a synagogue was built on the site of the current building, designed by the architect Ferdinand Stadler – making it the first Jewish religious building of the modern era in Switzerland.
Under the pitched roof
The building was 18 meters long and 15 meters wide and boasted a striking pitched roof – a roof whose four sloping slides met at the apex.
