Obj. ID: 24737
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Kővágóörs, Hungary
The synagogue is one of the most interesting Jewish monuments in Hungary. Built around 1800, it was reconstructed in the late nineteenth century. We suppose that originally the building had vaults, supported by a bimah-support structure in the center of the prayer hall. During the reconstructions, the bimah-support was removed, the ceiling became flat, and the pilasters were topped by decorative elements featuring a six-pointed flower. Probably at the same time, a wooden women’s gallery was installed in the western part of the prayer hall.
Currently (2018) the building stands abandoned and dilapidated, though preserving many of its historic features: the wooden women’s gallery, painted ceiling, pilasters, and walls, including two layers of murals above the Torah ark.
sub-set tree:
Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 198-199;
Gazda, Anikó, Zsinagógák és Zsidó községek Magyarországon (Budapest, 1991);
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46528662
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46528683
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/04/03/hungary-kovagoors/