Orthodox synagogue in Kecskemét
Object Detail
Building Date
18th century (building), 1920s (wall paintings)
Synagogue active dates
1920s-1945
Reconstruction Dates
1989
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The building became a synagogue in the 1920s. After 1945 it fall in ruin, restored in 1989, houses Museum of Photography from 1991.
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
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 87;
Gazda, Anikó, Zsinagógák és Zsidó községek Magyarországon (Budapest, 1991);
Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség / Synagogues in Hungary, 1782–1918: Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance (Budapest: TERC, 2011), ill.373-374
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Photographer
Photograph Date
2006
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 46.905373, 19.694380