Synagogue (Köslin)

Coordinates: 54 ° 11 '29.4 "  N , 16 ° 11' 8.9"  E

Synagogue (Köslin)​

Poland

Postcard with the synagogue in Köslin

The synagogue in Koszalin (Polish: Koszalin ), a large city in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship , was built in 1885. The former synagogue stood on the Kleiner Wall.

The representative dome building in the Moorish style replaced a prayer room in Hohetorstrasse that had existed since the middle of the 18th century. The new building bore the Hebrew inscription: “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord be praised” (Ps. 113: 3). The synagogue was equipped with an organ .

The Köslin synagogue was set on fire during the November pogrom in 1938 .

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Köslin)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description at Virtuelles Schtetl (English, accessed on March 19, 2016)