Medieval Synagogue in Miltenberg

The Synagogue in Michelstadt is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1791. This stone building still serves as a synagogue.

Bronnbach Abbey was founded in 1150 and construction of the abbey church began on 16 May 1157. In 1193, Emperor Henry VI placed the abbey under the direct protection of the Holy Roman Empire. At the end of the Middle Ages, the abbey was rebuilt for more than a century in the Late Gothic style. On 16 March 1803, the secularisation of the abbey was pronounced. The religious community lasted until 1831 when the services were moved out of the abbey. The last monk of the community died in 1850. The abbey was again used by the monks for a few decades during the 20th century but was vacated by them in 1958.

The Church of St. Juliana is said to have been founded in 736 by St. Pirmin as part of a Benedictine monastery. The oldest document in which the church is mentioned dates from 1277, but from 1370 the collegiate church was rebuilt in several phases. The Reformation was officially introduced into the church in 1556. During the Peace of Rijswijk, which succeeded the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1697, religious practice in the church was granted to Catholics. However, as conflicts between denominations continued to occur, the Elector began in 1705 to separate all the shared churches by a wall. Gone from most of the shared churches, the wall still exists in the church of Sainte-Julienne. In 2007, on the 300th anniversary of the separation, Protestant and Catholic parishes agreed to open the separation wall. The wall was pierced and gates and a few steps were built, which now connect the Protestant and Catholic sides.