Synagogue (Pohrebyschtsche)
The wooden synagogue in Pohrebyshche , a town in Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine , was built in the 17th century and no longer exists today.
history
Already in the first half of the 17th century there was a wooden synagogue in Pohrebyschtsche, which was described as old as early as 1648 . During the Cossack uprising (1648–1657) the place (and with it the synagogue) was destroyed by fire. Normality only returned towards the end of the century and a synagogue was built again around 1690.
Restorations took place as early as 1730. Major renovations are known from 1892 when the exterior was completely rebuilt.
The synagogue was converted into a workers' club in 1928 .
It was completely destroyed in World War II.
architecture
The main hall had three aisles and was almost square (12.00 × 12.40 m). It consisted of the central part and two side parts that were narrower (1.80 m) and lower. Around the main hall there were extensions on three sides: in the west the vestibule with a second floor for the prayer room for women and two further single-storey halls on the sides, these were also prayer rooms for women. On the western side there was a two-story corner pavilion on both sides,
The side aisles and women's rooms were under one roof, while the central nave was under a separate two-part mansard roof . The vestibule with the women's gallery above were under their own roof, the corner pavilions had steep gable roofs .
The walls consisted of horizontal beams, which were reinforced by struts in the main hall. The walls were painted in multiple colors and showed birds, plants and domesticated animals. The main hall was covered by a two-tier roof.
The Torah shrine was 4.50 m high and consisted of three parts. It was decorated with carvings and inscriptions.
The bima stood on an octagonal podium and was surrounded by a balustrade .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Page 451 ff. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0 . Detailed description.
- ↑ https://www.jta.org/1928/02/27/archive/two-more-synagogues-in-russia-are-converted-into-workmens-clubs workers' club. Retrieved January 29, 2019
- ^ Alois Breyer: Wood Synagogues in Poland , 1934, p. 23 ff.
