Medieval Communal Synagogue in Sopron
Object Detail
Building Date
1300-1325
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1967
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
6.2019
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 47.684845, 16.590343