White Stork (Pod Białym Bocianem) Synagogue in Wrocław
Object Detail
Building Date
1826-1829
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
2004
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
The preservation and reconstruction of the synagogue is a positive example of Polish-Jewish cooperation (after 2005).
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
he synagogue was visited by Dalai Lama XIV in 2008
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Neo-Classical Torah ark.
Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw, 1996), p. 148 with ill.;
Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 185;
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Oppidum Judaeorum: Żydzi w przestrzeni miejskiej dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 2004), ill. 61 on p. 88;
http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/wroclaw/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/4955,synagoga-pod-bialym-bocianem/
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Michael Mail
Photographer
Photograph Date
2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 51.108433, 17.025448