Great Synagogue in Kuldīga
Object Detail
Building Date
1875
Synagogue active dates
Until WWII
Reconstruction Dates
After 1945, 2011 into library
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Library
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of synagogue compound (shulhoyf)
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 220, ill. on p. 219;
Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow), vol. 5 - 2004 p. 234;
www.edwardvictor.com/Kuldiga.htm with ills;
www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kuldiga/kuldigaphotos.htm with ills;
Barkahan, Menahem, Rita Bogdanova, Meier Meler, Latvia: Synagogues, Jewish Cemeteries, Burial Places of the Holocaust Victims. Map of Memorable Places of Jewish History (Riga, 2005).
Bogdanova, Rita. Latvija: Sinagogas un rabīni, 1918-1940 / Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), p. 105 with ills..
Likhodedov, Vladimir, Synagogues (Minsk, 2007), ill. 406 on p. 208.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2023
Remarks
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