Orthodox Synagogue (Prešov)

Orthodox synagogue in Prešov

Portal on the back

The Orthodox Synagogue in Prešov , a Slovak town in the Prešov district , was built in 1897/98. The synagogue at 32 Okružná Street is a protected cultural monument .

The synagogue building was built by the construction company Koláček and Wirth. The facade of the building is structured by narrow windows. Inside, the wall paintings in the neo-Romanesque - oriental arch style , which were restored in the 1990s, have been preserved. On the eastern side is the Torah shrine , the work of the sculptor Bascó from Košice.

Jewish Museum

On the women's gallery is a Judaica to see -Dauerausstellung, by the Department for Jewish Culture of the Slovak National Museum was established. The collection also includes items from the former Jewish Museum, which was established in Prešov in 1928.

See also

• List of synagogues in Slovakia
• Orthodox Judaism

Web links

Commons : Orthodox 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. 176 (English); in: uni-heidelberg.de, accessed on December 11, 2015 (PDF; 899 kB)
• Prešov - Orthodox Synagogue. In: slovak-jewish-heritage.org. Slovak Jewish Heritage Center, accessed on December 10, 2015 (here: English, next to Slovak)
• The Jewish Museum. In: synagoga-presov.sk, accessed on December 10, 2015 (here: English, next to Slovak - with photographs)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Maroš Borský: Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia Towards Creating a Memorial Landscape of Lost Community. Heidelberg 2005, p. 176.
2. ^ Prešov - Orthodox Synagogue. In: slovak-jewish-heritage.org. Slovak Jewish Heritage Center, accessed on September 8, 2017 (here: English, next to Slovak)

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 21 ° 14 ′ 16 ″  E