Old Synagogue (Berlin)

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Old Synagogue
German: Alte Synagoge
Engraving of the former synagogue, undated
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1714–1942)
Status	Destroyed (during WWII)
Location
Location	Heidereutergasse 4, Marienviertel, Berlin
Country	Germany
Location of the former synagogue in Berlin
Geographic coordinates	52°31′16″N 13°24′17″E / 52.5211°N 13.4048°E / 52.5211; 13.4048
Architecture
Architect(s)	Michael Kemmeter (1714) Eduard Knoblauch (1855)
Type	Synagogue architecture
Date established	1642 (as a congregation)
Groundbreaking	1712
Completed	1714; 1855
Destroyed	November 1942

The Old Synagogue (German: Alte Synagoge) was a Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located at Heidereutergasse 4, in Marienviertel, in the present-day Mitte district of Berlin, Germany.

Designed and built by Michael Kemmeter, the synagogue was built as a rectangular hall building. Consecrated in 1714 and remodelled in 1855,^[1] the synagogue was known as the Great Synagogue until the opening of the New Synagogue, built in the 1860s to accommodate Berlin's expanding Jewish population.^[2] Nevertheless, services continued to be held in the Old Synagogue into the 20th century; it was restored in 1928.^[3]

The synagogue survived Kristallnacht but was destroyed during World War II. The last service took place in the Old Synagogue on November 20, 1942.^[1] The site is marked with a plaque and part of the building's contours are marked with cobblestones.^[4]

• History of the Jews in Germany
• List of synagogues in Germany (in German)