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Synagogue in Krnov
Object Detail

Building Date
1870-1871

Synagogue active dates
Until 1938

Reconstruction Dates
2009-2014

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

In 1898, the synagogue was furnished with an organ. 

According to Jewish Heritage Europe, "The synagogue functioned for worship until 1938 when the Germans occupied Krnov. It escaped destruction on Kristallnacht, but during WW2 it was used as the town market hall. After the war, the synagogue was used as a warehouse and then from 1960 housed the district archives until 1997, when it suffered damage from the flood. The building had been restituted to the ownership of the Olomouc Jewish community in 1994."

a part of the EU-funded  10 Stars Revitalization of Jewish Historic Buildings project,



Condition

Present Usage
Cultural center

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://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoga_v_Krnově

http://10hvezd.cz/en/object/krnov/

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/09/17/czech-republic-floods-krnov/

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/11/25/anniversary-of-anniversaries-krnov/

 


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. Židovské památky Moravy a Slezska - Jewish Monuments of Moravia and Silesia (Brno, 2001)

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Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2018

Remarks

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