Klaus Synagogue (Prešov)

Klaus Synagogue in Prešov

The Klaus Synagogue in Prešov , a Slovak town in the Prešov district , was built in 1934/35. The secular synagogue at 32 Okružná Street is a protected cultural monument .

The synagogue building was built according to plans by the architect Leopold Šafran and served the Hasidic community with its Sephardic liturgy as a place of worship.

The building is rented as an office by the Jewish community.

See also

• List of synagogues in Slovakia
• Klaus (school)

Web links

Commons : Klaus Synagogue (Prešov)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Maroš Borský: Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia Towards Creating a Memorial Landscape of Lost Community. Dissertation at the University for Jewish Studies Heidelberg 2005, p. 177 (English); in: uni-heidelberg.de, accessed on December 11, 2015 (PDF; 899 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Maroš Borský: Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia Towards Creating a Memorial Landscape of Lost Community. Heidelberg 2005, p. 177.

Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 59.3 "  N , 21 ° 14 ′ 13.1"  E