The best cycling routes around Kippenheim

The Old Town Hall stands centrally in the old town of Lahr in the Black Forest, in the immediate vicinity of the Judgment Square. Originally, the building was erected in the late 15th century as a typical town hall with an open ground floor. A major renovation took place in 1608: The open ground floor was partially walled up, an external staircase with a late Gothic tracery balustrade was added, and a volute gable was constructed.

right in the center of Lahr

Regularly changing art exhibitions take place on the upper floor.

The former Kippenheim Synagogue Due to its state of preservation, the Kippenheim Synagogue, consecrated in 1852, possesses special architectural and cultural-historical value. Individual Jews have lived in Kippenheim since the second half of the 17th century. In 1871, the number of Jewish community members reached its peak at 323 (approximately 15 percent of the local population). In 1933, the Kippenheim Jewish community comprised 144 members, most of whom emigrated before the outbreak of World War II. At the time of the so-called November Pogrom of 1938, approximately 70 Jews still lived in the village. On the morning of November 10, 1938, members of the Lahr Hitler Youth (HJ) District Leadership School desecrated the interior of the synagogue. All Jewish men were arrested and transported to the Dachau concentration camp, from where they did not return for several weeks. On October 22, 1940, the 30 Jews still living in Kippenheim were deported to the Gurs camp in southwest France as part of a nationwide deportation. The municipality of Kippenheim, which described the abandoned synagogue as an "eyesore," pushed for its demolition, but this was not carried out due to the war. In 1983, the municipality of Kippenheim purchased the building to restore its exterior to its original condition. The Friends of the Former Kippenheim Synagogue Association, founded in 1996, commissioned an extensive interior renovation of the former synagogue in 2003. The renovation concept developed by the Friends of the Former Kippenheim Synagogue attempts to preserve the traces of history and to make the various uses of the building since its construction as recognizable as possible. Source: https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/gedenkstaetten/kippenheim/

Altdorf Synagogue The synagogue in Altdorf, a district of the town of Ettenheim in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, was built in 1867/68 at Eugen-Lacroix-Straße 2 (formerly Wallburger Straße). During the November Pogrom of 1938, SA men arrived in Altdorf at noon on November 10th after demolishing the synagogue in Ettenheim. They destroyed the synagogue's interior furnishings, knocking the stone tablets of the commandments from the gable and thereby destroying them. Since 1998/99, the former synagogue has been used as the Altdorf Art Gallery. In 2018, a Friends of the Former Synagogue, now the Altdorf Art Gallery, was founded with the goal of preserving the listed building.

The Jewish cemetery in Schmieheim was the largest association cemetery in southern Baden. It was established in 1682. Today, 2,491 gravestones remain. The oldest gravestone dates from 1701, and the last burial took place in 1941. The cemetery features a war memorial, restored in 1998, for the Jewish fallen of the First World War. Source: Wikipedia

The former Kippenheim Synagogue Due to its state of preservation, the Kippenheim Synagogue, consecrated in 1852, possesses special architectural and cultural-historical value. Individual Jews have lived in Kippenheim since the second half of the 17th century. In 1871, the number of Jewish community members reached its peak at 323 (approximately 15 percent of the local population). In 1933, the Kippenheim Jewish community still comprised 144 members, most of whom emigrated before the outbreak of World War II. At the time of the so-called November Pogrom in 1938, approximately 70 Jews still lived in the village. On the morning of November 10, 1938, members of the Lahr Hitler Youth (HJ) District Leadership School desecrated the interior of the synagogue. All Jewish men were arrested and transported to the Dachau concentration camp, from where they did not return for several weeks. On October 22, 1940, the 30 Jews still living in Kippenheim were deported to the Gurs camp in southwest France as part of a nationwide deportation. The municipality of Kippenheim, which described the abandoned synagogue as an "eyesore," pushed for its demolition, but this was not carried out due to the war. In 1983, the municipality of Kippenheim purchased the building to restore its exterior to its original condition. The Friends of the Former Kippenheim Synagogue Association, founded in 1996, commissioned an extensive interior renovation of the former synagogue in 2003. The renovation concept developed by the Friends of the Former Kippenheim Synagogue attempts to preserve the traces of history and to make the various uses of the building since its construction as recognizable as possible. Source: https://www.gedenkstaetten-suedlicher-oberrhein.de/gedenkstaetten/kippenheim/

Good cycle path, very pleasant there.👍