Synagogue (Kasejovice)
Interior view with Torah shrine
The synagogue in Kasejovice (German Kassjowitz ), a town in Okres Plzeň-jih (Pilsen-Süd district) in the Czech Republic , was built in the middle of the 18th century. The derelict synagogue has been a protected cultural monument since 1988.
history
The synagogue, designed in the Baroque style, was rebuilt several times. Services were held here until the 1920s .
The restored synagogue building has served cultural purposes since 1993. A collection of Judaica is on display in the synagogue .
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).
- Jan Kára: History of the Jews in Kasseljowitz . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present . Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 261–264 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library . [not evaluated, in Czech language]
Web links
Commons : Synagogue (Kasejovice) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 28885 / 4-322 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 45.9 ″ N , 13 ° 44 ′ 18 ″ E