Synagogue in Kőbánya, Budapest
Object Detail
Building Date
1911
Synagogue active dates
until 1964
Reconstruction Dates
1989-1991
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The building was sold in 1964. It was used as a museum, theater, warehouse. From 1989 it belongs to the Pentecostal Church.
Condition
Present Usage
Church
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
C (Poor)
Bibliography
Orbán, Ferenc, Magyarország Zsidó emlékei, nevezetességei (Budapest, 1991);
Kinga Frojimovics, Géza Komoróczy, Viktória Pusztai, Andres Strbik, Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History (Budapest, 1999), p. 487 with ills.;
Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség / Synagogues in Hungary, 1782–1918: Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance (Budapest: TERC, 2011), ills. 3.26-40;
Szegő, Dóra and György Szegő, Synagogues (Budapest, 2004), pp. 56-58.
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/08/15/hungary-discovering-budapests-synagogues-part-1/
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Volume
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Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
6.2019
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