Synagogue (Jičín)
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '17 " N , 15 ° 21' 10.2" E
The synagogue in Jičín (German Gitschin ) is a synagogue in the Czech Republic .
history
The first Jews settled in Jičín as early as the 14th century. When Albrecht von Wallenstein wanted to develop the place into the capital of his duchy Friedland , his financier Jacob Bassevi settled here. He was the first Jew in the Habsburg Empire to be ennobled.
At the end of the 17th century a ghetto was created, the Židovská (Judengasse), whose house numbers were placed in Roman numerals in the pavement to distinguish them from the other houses . A synagogue was first mentioned in 1773. The baroque altar from the chapel of the Jesuit college , which was closed in the same year , was supposedly used as the Torah shrine (Aron haKodesch) . After a city fire in 1840, the synagogue received a new roof. The interior has been redesigned in the classical style. A women's gallery was added.
In 1940 the community had around 180 members. In 1941, Jewish services were banned in the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . In 1943 the Jičín Jews were deported. The synagogue's furnishings were destroyed. After the Second World War , the building served as an ammunition store, and later for storing and drying herbs.
In 2001 the building at Židovská 104 was returned to the Jewish community in Prague and has been renovated since 2002. The original color scheme was restored. Lectures and concerts are held in the synagogue today. There is also an exhibition on the history of the Jews in Jičín in the building.
Before the renovation
Interior 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Leaflet The Synagogue in Jičín ( Czech text )
- ↑ Jičín Synagogue on ceskyrajdetem.cz
