Great Synagogue in Plzeň
Object Detail
Building Date
1888-1892
Synagogue active dates
Until 1930s, from 1945 until 1973, from 1998
Reconstruction Dates
1994-1998, 2022
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Plzeň);
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%A1_synagoga_v_Plzni
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/03/27/czech-republic-funds-sought-to-restore-plzen-great-synagogue
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/08/23/cz-restoration-of-great-synagogue-in-plzen-to-begin-soon-details/
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/04/08/czech-republic-plzen-reopens/
"Czech Republic: The monumental, twin-towered Great Synagogue in Plzeň (Pilsen) reopens after 3-year renovation," Jewish Heritage Europe, April 8, 2022, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/04/08/czech-republic-plzen-reopens/ (accessed April 10, 2022)
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
Photograph Copyright
Sheila Pallay
Photographer
Photograph Date
2019
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 49.746666, 13.372778