Synagogue (Břeclav)

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 31.4 "  N , 16 ° 52 ′ 55.3"  E

Synagogue in Břeclav

inside view

The synagogue in Břeclav (German Lundenburg ), a South Moravian town in the Czech Republic , was built in 1868. The derelict synagogue has been a protected cultural monument since 1992 .

history

The Jewish community formed in 1650 built its first synagogue in the 1670s. Two decades later, a partially new building took place because the dome had collapsed. Instead of the old synagogue, Rabbi Nathan Aron Müller inaugurated a new building in 1868 that offered space for more than 400 people.

The synagogue building was extensively renovated in the late 1990s and has served as a city ​​museum and gallery ever since . The museum shows, among other things, an exhibition on the history of the Jewish community in Břeclav.

architecture

The synagogue in the neo-Romanesque style is a hall building with galleries on three sides . This can be reached through two stairwells with independent entrances.

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 ).

Web links

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

• Museum website (Czech)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 12363 / 7-8507 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).