Obj. ID: 20917
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Kępno, Poland
On 29 May 2009 an act was signed in Warsaw, by the virtue of which the Union of Jewish Communities of the Republic of Poland donated a synagogue to the Municipality of Kępno.
The donation was restricted by certain conditions; the synagogue can be used exclusively for cultural purposes, i.e. as a museum, concert hall or exposition hall, it cannot be rented or provided for use or letting to third parties, excluding the Cultural Centre of Kępno and the Museum of Kępno Land, which may use it according to their statutory purposes.
Moreover, the Municipality of Kępno agreed to bestow the synagogue upon the Union of Jewish Communities of the Republic of Poland free of charge twice a year for the period of 14 days to for organizing celebrations.
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Name/Title
Synagogue in Kępno | Unknown
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Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1815
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
1893; 1924
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Origin
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Construction material
Brick
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Abandoned
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of shulhoyf
Significance Rating
3 (National)
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Ornamentation
Custom
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Pricking
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Façade (main)
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Location of Torah Ark
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
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History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 55 with ill.;
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, "Polish Synagogues in the 19th Century" in Antony Polonski (ed.), From Shtetl to Socialism: Studies from Polin (London-Washington, 1993), pp. 212-231 (first published in Polin, vol. 2), p. 219;
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), pp. 397-9 with ills.;
Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 101;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/kepno/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/10934,synagoga-2009-rok/;
http://www.muzeumkepno.pl/synagoga.html;
Lazzeri Katarzyna, Synagoga w Kępnie, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wrocław 2005, niepublikowana praca licencjacka dostępna w bibliotece muzeum)
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Object Copyright
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