Synagoge, Jewish synagogue in Münster, Germany

The Synagogue of Münster stands on Klosterstraße by the Promenade, designed by architect Helmut Goldschmidt and inaugurated on 12 March 1961. Its visible load-bearing elements are reinforced concrete, while the outer walls are clad in red brick. A Star of David sits at the centre of the gable facing the Promenade, with a menorah on the opposite side. The prayer house seats about 100 people and adjoins a community centre grouped around an inner courtyard with a garden, housing the rabbinate, community hall, classrooms, a caretaker's flat and the mikveh.

This building was constructed in 1961 following the destruction of the previous synagogue during the 1938 events. Its construction represented a significant rebuilding of Jewish religious life in the city after World War II.

The community centre around the courtyard holds the rabbinate, a communal hall, classrooms, a caretaker's flat and the mikveh, the ritual bath. A memorial plaque in front of the building records that the only surviving gravestone from the medieval Jewish cemetery, dated 1324, is kept inside the synagogue; it is the oldest preserved Jewish gravestone in Westphalia.

The building is located in the city center and easy to find from the street. Visitors should inquire ahead since access can be limited at times and contacting the community beforehand is advisable.

The oldest surviving Jewish gravestone in Westphalia, dated 1324, is kept inside the synagogue; it once stood in the medieval Jewish cemetery on the grounds of today's Paulinum Gymnasium, which was levelled after the persecutions of 1350.