A small prayer room located in a private house existed in Bad Sobernheim after 1815, at the latest, with a new synagogue on the “Gymnasialstraße” being ceremoniously dedicated in 1859.

This synagogue was demolished and desecrated during the afternoon of the 10th of November 1938, with its fixtures destroyed and objects of value stolen. The only objects that could be saved were the Torah scrolls and the curtain from the Torah shrine.

The synagogue was then used as a storage room by the German Army during the Second World War.

After the end of the war, the building initially served as a furniture warehouse, then later as a beverage and a pantry storeroom.

The synagogue was placed under protection as a cultural monument in 1982. This triggered significant displeasure on the part of the owner, as well as the town, who had included the property in their plans for an expansive bypass roadway. The "Förderverein der Synagoge Sobernheim e.V.” (Support Association for the Sobernheim Synagogue) was formed in 1989 and the building was placed under their care to this day. Between 2005 and 2010, the structure was restored and the "Kulturhaus Synagoge” (Synagogue Cultural Centre) was opened with the Torah curtain on display.

Photo documentation: Photo from 1981. “Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz” (Rhineland-Palatinate state office for the preservation of historic landmarks), Synagogues of Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland (Mainz 2005) Pg. 95, Alemannia Judaica