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Medieval Communal Synagogue in Sopron
Object Detail

Building Date
1300-1325

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1967

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Hungary | Győr-Sopron County | Sopron
| Uj utca 22-24

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

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
Stone Torah ark.

Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 141-145;

Orbán, Ferenc, Magyarország Zsidó emlékei, nevezetességei (Budapest, 1991);

Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia, 2000)., p. 329

Paulus, Simon. Die Architektur der Synagoge im Mittelalter: Überlieferung und Bestand. Petersberg: Imhof, 2007, pp. 414-419.

https://tudastar.mazsihisz.hu/en/cultural-heritage-2/


Genée, Pierre. Synagogen in Österreich (Wien: Löcker Verlag, 1992)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
6.2019

Remarks

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