Great Synagogue in Kraśnik
Object Detail
Building Date
1637-1654
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
18th century; 1875; after 1945; 1989; 2006
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
The image of the synagogue appears on the Holocaust memorial dedicated to the Jews from Kraśnik, murdered in the Holocaust (ID 56113).
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Under reconstruction
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Wall paintings
Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Hatsfira, 27.10.1887, p. 3;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/krasnik/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/4389,great-synagogue-in-krasnik-bozniczna-street-/
Andrzej Trzciński, The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region ([Lublin], [1989]), p. 26.
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 71 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 163.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Eva Maria Kraiss
Photographer
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.920528, 22.221367