Prayer hall in Katowice
Object Detail
Building Date
19th century (?)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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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Full Name
Volume
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Biography
Photograph Copyright
Virtual Shtetl
Photographer
Photograph Date
2009
Remarks
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