Great Synagogue (Wolodymyr-Wolynskyj)
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The Great Synagogue of Volodymyr-Volynskyj in Volyn Oblast in Ukraine was most likely built in 1801. In World War II it was set on fire and demolished the ruins in the 1950s.
history
The Great Synagogue, built in 1801, was in very poor condition at the end of the 19th century and was therefore restored in 1882. In May 1900, a fire caused great damage. After the First World War , when Wolodymyr-Wolynskyj belonged to Poland , renovations continued.
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union , a large part of the Jewish population was murdered in September 1942. As part of this action , the synagogue was also set on fire on Yom Kippur .
In the early 1950s, the remaining remains of the wall were torn down and the stones used in the construction of a nearby military facility.
architecture
Existing pictures show the synagogue as a monumental building. It consisted of the main hall (the men's prayer room) and one-storey extensions on the north and south sides. In the west, the entrance area, there was a two-storey extension across the full width of the building, which in this form probably dates from 1882 or 1900.
The main hall had a gable roof . The coverage of the western extension was interesting; it consisted of four parallel semicylinders with four semicircular gables on the outside. Between these stood triangular pinacles . Both the gables and the two outer pinacles were decorated with stars of David .
The main building had three tall, tall windows on each side; altogether twelve, a number that had been common in synagogue construction since the 17th century. In addition, there were two lower windows on the east wall, between which the Torah shrine stood inside .
The men entered the building through the wide, central entrance of the anteroom, while the women reached their prayer rooms on the second floor of the extension via an outer staircase on the north side.
Inside, four pillars support the ceiling, dividing it into nine equally sized fields ( 9-field synagogue ). The octagonal bima stood between these pillars in the middle of the hall. It could be entered from the north and south through a few steps and was surrounded by a wooden balustrade .
The Torah shrine on the east wall was probably made after 1900. It had a three-tier structure made of wood. The shrine with side wings, which were bordered by columns, stood on a lower pedestal. Above it was a dome, which was decorated with stars of David, and on the top of which was a crown.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergey R. Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin. Synagogues in Ukraine VOLHYNIA Vol. 2. Pages 696 ff. The Center Of Jewish Art. ISBN 978-965-227-342-0 . All information about the synagogue
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 45 ″ N , 24 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ E