Country school in Wroclaw

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Country school in the regional architectural style

The rural school in Breslau (Synagoga Krajowa we Wrocławiu) was mentioned in 1741. It goes back to a synagogue from 1695 and was the main synagogue in Wroclaw before the 19th century. 300 people, 150 men and 150 women, found space in the synagogue. The members of the community came from Silesia, Bohemia and Moravia. The country school was destroyed before 1926 and was located in the Pokoyhof, which served as a Jewish warehouse. It had two main floors under a hipped mansard roof . The synagogue was on the upper floor. The building was built in the regional architectural style.

literature

  • Carol Herselle Krinsky: Europe's synagogues. Architecture, history and meaning . Fourier, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-925037-89-6 , pp. 318-325 , Wroclaw .