Beit Midrash of the Gerer Rebbe in Góra Kalwaria
Object Detail
Building Date
1905
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
After 1945
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Court Beit Midrash of the most powerful Hasidic dinasty in Poland.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Hasidic tzadik`s court
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)
Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 47 with ill.;
Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990)., p. 86;
Eleonora Bergman, “Góra Kalwaria: The Impact of a Hasidic Cult on the Urban Landscape of a Small Polish Town,” Polin 5 (1990): 15;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gora-kalwaria/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/227,synagogue-at-pijarska-10-12-/
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2004
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 51.982899, 21.217131