In Klagenfurt a Chevra Kaddisha (burial society) was founded in 1888; it consequently bought in 1895 the land for a cemetery in Klagenfurt-St. Ruprecht. In 1905 they purchased a building at Platzgasse 3 for a house of prayer.
On Kristallnacht the interior of the synagogue in the Platzgasse was destroyed, the furniture was thrown on the street and destroyed. The building at Platzgasse 3, was badly damaged by bombs during the war, and was given back to its owner only in 1961 and sold in 1963.