Synagogue (Kutná Hora)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 51.5 "  N , 15 ° 15 ′ 50.5"  E

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Synagogue in Kutná Hora
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The synagogue in Kutná Hora (German Kuttenberg ), a Czech town in Okres Kutná Hora in Central Bohemia , was built in 1902. The derelict synagogue has been a protected cultural monument since 2015 .

The Art Nouveau synagogue was built according to plans by the architect Bohuslav Moravec . In 2008 a Holocaust memorial by the artist Aleš Veselý was erected in front of the synagogue . Today the building is used as a place of worship for the Hussite Church .

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 version ).

Web links

Commons : Synagogue (Kutná Hora)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 105735 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).