Wörlitz reflects the world in miniature. This was achieved by presenting different architectural styles as well as different cultures and religions. For the growing Jewish community of the city of Wörlitz under “Father Franz”, the synagogue was built from 1787 to 1790 according to designs by Friedrich Willhelm von Erdmannsdorff in the style of a Roman temple.

In 1938, the destruction of the synagogue was prevented by the courageous intervention of the garden director Hans Hallervorden. The desecration of the building by the National Socialists, however, took its course… The original interior of the synagogue is therefore lost to us today.