Old Synagogue in Opole
Object Detail
Building Date
1841
Synagogue active dates
Until 1897
Reconstruction Dates
1869, 1972; 2006
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Office building
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Rabbi Abraham Geiger participated in consecration.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/opole/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/36,the-old-synagogue-in-opole-szpitalna-street-/
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), 96 with ill..
Burchard, Przemysław. Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warsaw: Burchard Edition, 1990), 197.
Kubit, Bożena, Przemysław Nadolski, and Jerzy Krzysztof Kos, Synagogi na Górnym Śląsku (Gliwice: Muzeum w Gliwicach, 2021)., 174-181., https://skarbnica.muzeum.gliwice.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Synagogi-na-Gornym-Slasku-3.pdf (accessed December 24, 2021)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Virtual Shtetl
Photographer
Photograph Date
2009
Remarks
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