Hagenow

Hagenow is a German metropolis within the southwest of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, 30 kilometers south of Schwerin. Its population is about 11,three hundred inhabitants. Hagenow is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The Alte Synagoge or Hanna-Meinungen-Haus is a former synagogue inside the antique metropolis of Hagenow. Hirsch Samuel Meinungen purchased the plot in 1820, with the goal of constructing a synagogue for the then 80 man or woman sturdy Jewish network in Hagenow.

In 1828 the architectural complicated contained a faculty/parish corridor, a cart shed, the synagogue with a Mikwe or Mikveh, a bathtub for the ritual immersion in Judaism. On August 15 of the identical yr, the solemn consecration of the temple passed off. Between 1839 and 1881, Jewish households from surrounding regions joined the Hagenow synagogue, however because of the absence of a everlasting rabbi and a population migration to greater prosperous towns, the variety of participants dwindled and with them the investment and sponsorships for the synagogue.