Synagogue (Karlsbad)
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 34 ″ N , 12 ° 52 ′ 41 ″ E
The synagogue in Karlsbad ( Karlovy Vary in Czech ), the Czech district town of Okres Karlovy Vary , was built in 1877/78 and destroyed by the National Socialists in 1938.
history
Since 1860 there had been a small synagogue in Karlsbad, which was available to the Jewish spa guests. The representative new synagogue was built according to plans by the Stuttgart architect Adolf Wolff , who had already designed the synagogues in Ulm , Nuremberg , Stuttgart , Heilbronn and Łódź . The synagogue, with one large and two small side domes , was built in an oriental style .
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 (Karlsbad) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Description (accessed February 6, 2015)
- The Karlovy Vary Jews (accessed February 6, 2015)
