Synagogue (Nasielsk)
The wooden synagogue in Nasielsk in the Polish Masovian Voivodeship was built towards the end of the 17th century or later. At the end of the 19th century it was demolished because it was dilapidated.
history
The year of construction is not certain. It can range from the late 17th century to the early (but perhaps even the mid) 18th century.
Major renovations were carried out in the 19th century: in 1857 more prayer rooms for the women were built above the vestibule and in 1865 and 1875 the roofs were changed over the older women's rooms on the side walls in the north and south.
Approx. In 1880 the dilapidated building was demolished.
architecture
The main hall was almost square with 13.00 × 13.20 m. To the west was the vestibule and on the north and south sides were the women's prayer rooms. These presumably originally had three roofs each standing transversely against the side walls, which were replaced by a roof leaning against the walls during the later renovations.
A further prayer room for the women was built above the vestibule in 1857, which was accessible via external stairs and a balcony. The side women's rooms and the vestibule were accessible through two corner pavilions.
There were three windows each on the side walls and on the east wall (probably also in the west before the expansion of the women's rooms).
The main hall was two-tiered; the upper part was a gable roof and the lower, less steep part, a hipped roof . The two corner pavilions had pyramid roofs .
Little is known of the inside; the bima was in the middle of the room. There were four pillars at its corners. It is not known whether these supported the ceiling of the hall or just an end to the bima.
References
- ↑ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Page 397 ff. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0 . All information about the synagogue.