Wolf Popper (Bocian) Synagogue in Kraków
Object Detail
Building Date
1620
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1813; 1827; 1860; 1898; 1904
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
2024 - used as a book shop
Condition
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/krakow/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/3736,wolf-popper-synagogue-16-szeroka-street-/
Bałaban, Majer. Przewodnik po żydowskich zabytkach Krakowa (Kraków: Solidarnosc-B’nei B’rith, 1935)
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 64 with ill..
Duda, Eugeniusz, Krakowskie judiaca (Warszawa, 1991), p. 100 with ill..
Likhodedov, Vladimir, Synagogues (Minsk, 2007), ill. 342 on p. 176.
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999)., pp. 124-6 with ills. and ill. 306.
Rejduch-Samkowa, Izabella, and Jan Samek, eds. Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce. Vol. 4: Miasto Kraków, część VI: Kazimierz i Stradom-Judaica: Bóżnice, budowle publiczne i cmentarze (Warszawa: IS PAN, 1995)., pp. 21-23, ills. 49-52.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2013
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.052433, 19.948792