Synagogue in Hranice
Object Detail
Building Date
1863-1864
Synagogue active dates
Until 1940
Reconstruction Dates
1994-1995
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The synagogue was built in 1863 according to a design by Viennese architect Franz Macher in the Moorish-Byzantine style in place of an earlier original synagogue which no could no longer hold the capacity of worshippers. Services were held until 1940. The building was saved from demolition during the Nazi occupation due to its being transformed in 1943 into an exhibition space for museum display, a function it continues today.
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
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoge_(Hranice_na_Moravě)
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)
Klenovský, Jaroslav, Ludmila Hájková, Brány spravedlivých: Synagogy Moravy, Slezska a Čech / The Gates of the Righteous: Synagogues in Moravia, Silesia and Bohemia (Ústí nad Labem: Foto Studio H, 2012)
Klenovský, Jaroslav. Židovské památky Moravy a Slezska - Jewish Monuments of Moravia and Silesia (Brno, 2001)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Sheila Pallay
Photographer
Photograph Date
2019
Remarks
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