Synagogue in Chmielnik
Object Detail
Building Date
1633-1664
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1849, 1876, 2013
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
The synagogue’s interior consists of a square prayer hall, a two-room vestibule on the ground floor and a women’s gallery above it. There are elements of rich decoration preserved in the Prayer Hall. Apart from the vault, they include sophisticated capitals supporting the cornice and a decoratively framed circular window on the eastern wall.
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Jósef Śmietański, "Chmielnik, jakim go pamiętam," Jewish History Quarterly, no. 3 (239) (2011), pp. 347-356, p. 349;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/chmielnik/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/4445,the-synagogue-in-chmielnik/
http://swietokrzyskisztetl.pl/en/
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 32 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), p. 136.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Amalia Reisenthel
Photographer
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 50.615700, 20.752001