Old Synagogue in Tarnów
Object Detail
Building Date
1630
Synagogue active dates
Until 1939
Reconstruction Dates
1670; 1793; 1815-48; 1989
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
The synagogue was destroyed during WWII, only the bimah preserved
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Memorial
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)
Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 136 with ill.;
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), pp. 1180-2 with ills. and ill. 76, 89;
Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 220;
Eleonora Bergman, Nurt mauretański w architekturze synagog Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w XIX i na początku XX wieku (Warszawa, 2004), p. 138;
Hamagid, 11.10.1899, p. 9;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/tarnow/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/359,stara-synagoga-w-tarnowie-ul-zydowska-/
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1995
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.013325, 20.989679