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Object Alone
Prayer hall in Katowice
Object Detail

Building Date
19th century (?)

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Śląskie Voivodeship | Katowice
| 13 Młyńska St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Synagogue

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

On November 6-11, 1884, the Katowice Conference of the Hovevei Zion (Lovers of zion) was held in the building.


Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 54 with ill.; Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 190; http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/katowice/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/13747,prayer-house-in-katowice-mlynska-13-/

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2009

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