Obj. ID: 24585
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Tarcal, Hungary
The synagogue was built in 1795 and reconstructed in 1891. Its exterior is Baroque, while the prayer hall is devoid of interior supports and spanned with a flat ceiling. Currently (2018) the building is privately owned and is advertised as a guest house.
sub-set tree:
Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 115-117;
Gazda, Anikó, Zsinagógák és Zsidó községek Magyarországon (Budapest, 1991);
Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia, 2000), ill. on p. 5;
Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség / Synagogues in Hungary, 1782–1918: Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance (Budapest: TERC, 2011), p. 140, ill. 4.53-58;
http://synagogues.hu/zsinagoga/tarcal
Wirth, Péter, and Benkő, Ágnes, Ami megmaradt… Hegyaljai zsidó házak (Budapest: TERC, 2015), pp. 208-214 with ills. and plans;