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Synagogue in Kolín
Object Detail

Building Date
1642-96

Synagogue active dates
Until 1955

Reconstruction Dates
1721, 1815, 1844-46

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Bohemia | Kolín
| 157 Na hradbách St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks
part of the furniture in the Temple Emmanuel, Denver, USA

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Cultural center

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
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)

Bibliography
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoga_v_Kolíně
Dorfman, Rivka and Ben-Zion. Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000)

Fiedler, Jiří. Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (Prague:Sefer, 1991)

Rozkošná, Blanka and Pavel Jakubec. Židovské památky Čech – Jewish Monuments in Bohemia (Brno, 2004)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2019

Remarks

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