Purity on the Tauber - Jewish Life in Rothenburg

RothenburgMuseum and Kulturerbe Bayern offer a joint guided tour every Saturday at 14:30 dedicated to Jewish life in Rothenburg. The tour begins at RothenburgMuseum with an overview of the Judaika collection - religious and everyday objects from medieval Rothenburg - and continues into Judengasse, considered one of the best-preserved Jewish quarters of the late Middle Ages in Germany.

The focal point is Judengasse 10, one of the oldest Jewish residential houses in Germany. The building now stands as a national monument under the care of Kulturerbe Bayern and was the first project that this non-profit initiative - founded in 2015 following the model of the British National Trust - took on and restored. In the basement is a mikveh from the 15th century: the only surviving ritual bath of that period in Germany that has been preserved together with its original residential building.

Please note: Due to the structural conditions of the historic buildings, the tour is not wheelchair-accessible and is not suitable for wheelchair users.