Jewish Congregation House

General Information:

Purchased by Jewish vendor Moyses Gydeon in 1727 this house was used as a school and prayer room; as of 1763, as a synagogue.

After the new synagogue was built in 1823 on the Castle Square, the house was used as a meeting house for the Jewish congregation and as living quarters for the cantor.
The National Socialists confiscated the property in 1938. In 1999, the city of Emmendingen rectified this injustice and returned it to the new Jewish congregation.

The house was renamed the “Simon Veit House” in 2006, in the honor of Simon Veit (1851 – 1941) who was a highly respected Jewish citizen of Emmendingen. Mr. Veit belonged to the synagogue council and was also its president for many decades (1880 – 1930).