Obj. ID: 2740
Jewish Architecture  Ashkenazi (Neolog) Synagogue in Senta

The first Jews settled in Senta in the late 18th century. The community, Hevra Kadisha, prayer house, and school were established in the first half of the 19th century. The synagogue was erected in 1806. The cemetery was officially founded in 1852, although there are older monuments dating back to 1785. Those were transferred from the old cemetery that stood on the coast of the Tisza River. In 1855, a part of the members separated and established an orthodox community that had its own synagogue and mikveh. There was also a small Status Quo community, which was basically followers of Sighet Hasidism.

The new Neolog synagogue with an internal school was built in the neoclassical style in 1873. There was also a religious school Talmud Torah. The formal division between the two communities occurred in 1915. In the 1920s, there were 1327 Jews living in Senta, the majority belonged to the Orthodox community.

A few Jews who survived the Holocaust could not sustain the communal institutions and buildings on their own. The first victim was the large Neolog synagogue, standing without windows, and with a damaged roof structure. Therefore, on the grounds that it was not worth investing funds to restore the building, it was demolished in 1957.