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© Eva Maria Kraiss, Photographer: Kraiss, Eva Maria, 2017

The synagogue in Krzepice was built in about 1822 on the other side of the Liswarta in a former village of Kuźnicza (today’s district of Krzeptowice). During WWII around the synagogue there was a Jewish camp established by the Germans.

The building was erected with brick and stone, on the rectangular plan of the following measurement: 13,6x24,1 meter. There is a façade in the shape of a four-column portico with a triangular tympanum. Over the tympanum there is a semi-circular window over which there is a stylized Star of David with a Hebrew inscription: “How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” On the west side of the building there is a vestibule. In the inside of the main prayer room Aron ha-Kodesz remained enclosed by a simple brick finish casing. The building is ruined, with cracked walls and no roof. (Text from Vitual Shtetl)
 

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Synagogue in Krzepice | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
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Date
1814-1815
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Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Location
Poland | Śląskie Voivodeship | Krzepice
| 1 Wenecka St. (frm. village Kuźniczka)
Site
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Period
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
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Length
Width
Depth
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Weight
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Extant
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Surveyed by CJA
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Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 73 with ill.;

Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), pp. 416-7 with ills.;

Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 133; Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow), vol. 5 - 2004, p. 254

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/10/02/poland-restoration-krzepice/

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