Fish-Mongers’ – Stitchers’ Kloyz in Vilnius
Object Detail
Building Date
19th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
After 1991
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The Fish-Mongers’ Kloyz existed already in 1830, and the city’s Maggid Rabbi Velvele prayed there until his death in 1866. In the 1880s the kloyz was taken over by the stitchers, who succeeded to acquire their own Torah scroll in 1912. In 1916 there were 37 regular worshippers. In 1939 the kloyz housed the Łomża Yeshiva, which escaped from German-occupied Poland and moved to Plungė in spring 1940.
The plaque was fixed on September 6, 2001, on the initiative of the Austrian Embassy and its funding.
Condition
Present Usage
Office building
Present Usage Details
Embassy of Austria in Vilnius
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
1 (Local)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Genrikh Agranovskii and Irina Guzenberg, Vilnius: 100 Memorable Sites of Jewish History and Culture (Vilnius, third revised edition, 2008), p. 14;
Leyzer Ran, Yerushalaim delita (New York, 1974), vol. 1, p. 104
Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)
Guzenberg, Irina, Vilnius: Traces of the Jewish Jerusalem of Lithuania. Memorable Sites of Jewish History and Culture. A Guidebook (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2021)., 106.
Rupeikienė, Marija, Nykstantis kultūros paveldas: Lietuvos sinagogų architektūra (Vilnius, 2003), 105.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2005
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 54.680645, 25.286507