Synagogue (Žatec)
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 47.9 ″ N , 13 ° 32 ′ 45.8 ″ E
The synagogue in Žatec (German Saaz ), a town in the Louny district of Ústecký kraj in the northern Czech Republic , was built in 1871/72. The derelict synagogue has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .
history
The synagogue was built according to plans by the architect Johann Staniek . The solemn inauguration took place in the spring of 1872 by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Frank .
The synagogue building was partially destroyed by fire during the November pogrom in 1938 and in the following years served as a military hospital and, after the end of the war, as a warehouse for agricultural equipment. After the Second World War , services were held again in the building next to the synagogue until 1954.
The synagogue building has now been renovated from the outside and serves as a museum about Jewish life in the region.
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 version ).
- Prof. Dr. Ernst Mandl and Dr. Heinrich Schwenger: History of the Jews in Saaz . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present, Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 579-584 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library .
Web links
- Exhibition in the Saaz synagogue (accessed January 20, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 47724 / 5-4953 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
- ^ The Saaz Jewish Community (accessed July 20, 2015)