[2] Located next to the city walls, it was part of a complex that included a Jewish cemetery, rabbinical residence, and Talmudic school.

[3] At points throughout its history, the synagogue served as a temporary seat of the Supreme Rabbinate of Styria, Carinthia and Krain.

Around 1450, rabbi Israel Isserlein, considered to be one of the most influential Ashkenazic Talmud authorities of his time in all of Central-East Europe, flourished in this city and this very synagogue.

It served in this capacity until 1811, when it was sold to private owners for use as a merchant storage, a wine cellar, a brush factory, an art studio, and an apartment house, which it remained until the 1980s.

[2] Following several years of renovations, taking place from 1992 until 2000, including a reconstruction of the late Gothic sanctuary, the building opened in 2001 as a museum and cultural-exhibition venue devoted to the history of the Jewish community of Maribor, and of Slovenia.