Great Synagogue (Nawahrudak)

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The Great Synagogue in Nawahrudak , a town in Hrodsenskaya Woblasz in northern Belarus , was built in the middle of the 17th century. It was also known as the Cold Synagogue . The synagogue was set on fire and destroyed during World War II. The ruin was demolished after the war.

Support Bima (1925)

history

Synagogue (1939)
Torah Shrine (1939)
Destroyed synagogue (1946)

The synagogue dates from 1648. It had flat extensions on the sides and a corner pavilion in the southwest. It is not clear whether these have existed since the beginning or are the result of later renovations. In 1919 the building was damaged by fire, but was then reconstructed.

During the Second World War , the synagogue was set on fire and badly damaged. After the end of the war, the ruins were finally torn down.

architecture

The main hall was almost square. It had 12 windows; 11 of them were slender arched windows and there was an oculus above the Torah shrine .

The roof gable did not run parallel to the east-west axis as usual, but perpendicular to it. However, it can be assumed that this only happened later during a renovation.

The octagonal bima was surrounded by a balustrade . It stood between four pillars that formed a canopy-like roof over it. This type is known as a support bima .

The Torah shrine on the east wall probably came from the end of the 18th or the beginning of the 19th century. It was accessible via two small stairs on its sides and framed by two columns and behind them pairs of pilasters .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=6018 short description; Surname. Retrieved December 18, 2019
  2. ↑ https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbbs_derivate_00009149/Doktorarbeit.pdf Zur Stütz-Bima. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Masonry synagogues in the territories of the former Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw 2017, ISBN 978-83-949149-5-0 . Page 241 ff. Description. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

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