Synagogue in Odenbach

The Abbey Church of Otterberg was founded in 1143 by Cistercians as the abbey church of a daughter abbey of the Eberbach monastery. In the 15th century, the monastery slowly declined. In 1504, and in 1525 during the Peasants' War, the monastery was burned and plundered. At the end of the 16th century, the abbey church began to be used simultaneously by the Catholic and Protestant parishes, but not without causing disputes. In 1708, therefore, a separation wall was built between the two spaces. The choir hall with the transept is now used as the Catholic part, the remaining nave as the Protestant part. In 1979, the wall was removed as part of a major renovation, but the structure of the property was not changed.

The Argenschwang synagogue was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The two-storey half-timbered house with rectangular windows was purchased by the Jewish community in the 18th century in order to establish a synagogue there after an extension of the building. The prayer hall was located on the upper floor. The prayer hall had a vaulted wooden ceiling painted with a starry sky. During the pogrom of November 1938, the interior was probably devastated and damaged. In 1980, the exterior of the building was repaired.

Holy Cross was built in the neo-Gothic style of the Holy Cross in 1895 - 1897 according to plans of the Mainz cathedral builder Ludwig Becker (1855 - 1940). Until 1921, the interior was completed - also according to the architect's designs. Father Caspar Kranz, among other things, supplemented the equipment with further sculptures from 1921 to 1935. After serious war damage, the reconstruction followed in 1947 - 1949. In 1963, the sacristy was rebuilt and a medical chapel was established. In 1968, the external renovation and the entrances were relocated. 1969 - 1972, the redesign of the church space followed and in 2006 finally the interior renovation.