Synagogue (Úsov)
Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 3.1 ″ N , 17 ° 0 ′ 37.5 ″ E
The synagogue in Úsov is a baroque - classical building in Úsov (German: Mährisch Aussee ) in the Olomoucký kraj region in the Czech Republic .
It was built in 1784 instead of a previous building from 1688 that burned down in 1722. The first synagogue in Úsov was destroyed during the Thirty Years War and the second, built in 1688, was destroyed in 1722.
In 1938 the synagogue was devastated by the Nazis . After the Second World War , the synagogue was used by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church . In 1993 the synagogue was bought by Nina Hofmanová, who repaired the building and donated it to the Jewish community in the Czech Republic.
literature
- KUX, Johann. History of Mährisch-Aussee 1250-1918. [Olomouc]: Johann Kux, [after 1920]. 8, 315 p.
- ŠTIPL, Luděk. There once was a world: brief of former Jewish communities in the towns of Loštice, Mohelnice and Úsov. Mohelnice: Respekt a tolerance, © 2010. 23 p. ISBN 978-80-254-7922-3 .
- Speech about immortality, given in the synagogue at Aussee at the soul memorial service on Passover in 1851 by Moritz Mordechai Duschak
- Hugo Gold : The Jews and Jewish communities of Moravia in the past and present , 1929. ( Judges and rabbis in Aussee (PDF; 119 kB), p. 350)
- Abraham b. Mordechai's Memories of the Synagogue of Aussee (Megillath sedarim) Hebrew, edited by Emanuel Baumgarten: With notes by David Kaufmann, 1895.
- Isaak Markus Jost: Israelitische Annalen: a central sheet for history, literature and culture of the Israelites of all times and countries , JD Sauerländer. 1840 (p. 306)
Web links
Commons : Synagogue (Úsov) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Synagoga Úsov ( Memento of December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Mohelnicko region, 2007