Synagogue (Ostrava)
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 10.9 ″ N , 18 ° 17 ′ 37.2 ″ E
The synagogue in Ostrava (German: Mährisch Ostrau ), the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian region in the Czech Republic , was built in the 1870s. The synagogue in Pittlergasse was inaugurated on September 15, 1879.
The local architect used the New Synagogue in Berlin in its oriental style as a model .
The synagogue was destroyed by the German occupiers during World War II.
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 ).
- Hugo Gold : History of the Jews in Mährisch-Ostrau. In: Hugo Gold, The Jews and Jewish communities of Moravia in the past and present. A collective work, Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno 1929, pp. 372–377. (not evaluated)
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