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Synagogue in Lipník nad Bečvou
Object Detail

Building Date
1540

Synagogue active dates
Until 1940s (?)

Reconstruction Dates
1608; 1870s; 1948-50

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Moravia | Lipník nad Bečvou
| 653 Pernštýnská St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

The Synagogue in Lipník nad Bečvou was completed in 1540, and rebuilt several times since. It was in use for Jewish worship until the Holocaust, after which is was transformed into a church.


Condition

Present Usage
Church

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period
The oldest synagogue of Moravia

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
B (Fair)

Bibliography
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoge_(Lipník_nad_Bečvou); http://www.hrady.cz/index.php?OID=2862
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)

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Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2022

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