Synagogue (Działoszyce)

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Former synagogue in Działoszyce
Arched window

The synagogue in Działoszyce , a Polish city ​​in the Pińczowski powiat of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , was built in 1852. The ruins of the synagogue at 2 Krakowska Street have been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .

history

The building, built according to plans by the architect Felicjan Frankowski, was devastated during the Second World War and then used as a state orphanage . From 1965 there was a warehouse for heating materials. The decline gradually began in the 1970s.

description

“The synagogue was built on a rectangular floor plan with a main room on a square floor plan. Coming from the west side was the women's gallery on the first floor . The men's room was covered with a mirror vault. The women's gallery was newer and made of wood. The stone portal from the anteroom, which was closed with a semicircular arch, was set in half-columns and decorated with bas-reliefs and flower vases, testifies to the magnificent furnishings. The outer facade of the synagogue was decorated with Tuscan pilasters , between which the arched windows were placed. It is equipped with a beam frame with a frieze with triglyphs and metopes and rose windows . The triangular struts of the synagogue contain Hebrew inscriptions. In the annex there was a cheder , a library, a mikveh and the rabbi's apartment . In 1880, after the death of Binem Moszkowicz from Stępowice, an Aron Ha-Kodesz was bought from his legacy for 2000 rubles and set up in the synagogue. "(From Virtual Shtetl, see weblinks)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 51.6 ″  N , 20 ° 21 ′ 6.9 ″  E