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Neolog Synagogue in Kecskemét
Object Detail

Building Date
1864-1871

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1911 (by Baumhorn); 1974 (by Kerényi and Udvardi)

Location
Hungary | Bács-Kiskun County | Kecskemét
| Rákóczi út 2

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance
Built in 1864-1871. Damaged in the earthquake of 1911 and restored by Baumhorn. Bought by the city in 1966 and turned into a house of technology in 1974.Interior completely reconstructed.

Condition

Present Usage
House of Culture

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

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
http://synagogues.hu/zsinagoga/kecskemet Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 82-87; Gazda, Anikó, Zsinagógák és Zsidó községek Magyarországon (Budapest, 1991); Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia, 2000)., p. 329; Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség / Synagogues in Hungary, 1782–1918: Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance (Budapest: TERC, 2011), ills. 268-274;

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2018

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