Amtsgerichtsstraße 4, Synagogue cultural centre in Lich, Germany

The Bezalel Synagogue at Amtsgerichtsstraße 4 in Lich occupies a residential and inn building that has stood since 1879/80; in 1921 its large hall was converted into a synagogue. The former prayer hall now serves as an event space seating 130 people, and the building also houses the Ernst-Ludwig-Chambré Foundation's library and media centre and the Lich music school.

The synagogue was set up in 1921 inside a house with an inn that had existed since 1879/80 at Amtsgerichtsstraße 4, converting the large hall into a prayer room. During the November Pogrom of 1938, SA men desecrated it and destroyed the furnishings. The town of Lich acquired the building in 1940 and used it for various purposes, including NSKK meetings. After restoration with the Ernst-Ludwig-Chambré Foundation, it reopened on 29 January 2006 as the Bezalel Synagogue cultural centre.

Since 2006 the building has been called Kulturzentrum Bezalel-Synagoge, named after the biblical craftsman Bezalel. Its hall seats 130 people and hosts events, while the Ernst-Ludwig-Chambré-Stiftung runs a library and media centre there and the Lich music school is also housed in the former synagogue.

The building is at Amtsgerichtsstraße 4 in Lich itself, not in Langsdorf. The city of Lich owns it and the Ernst-Ludwig-Chambré-Stiftung runs it; the hall seats 130 people for events. The music school and the foundation's library and media centre are housed inside, so check opening times before visiting.

The synagogue occupies a hall of a house built in 1879/80 as a dwelling with an inn; the prayer room was only installed in 1921. After 1948 partition walls and suspended ceilings turned the hall into municipal offices, and from 1967 it housed a day centre for the elderly.