Synagogue (sataniv)

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Synagogue in Sataniv before renovation
Renovated synagogue in Sataniv
Interior (2017)

The synagogue in Sataniv , a Ukrainian city ​​in Khmelnitsky Oblast , was built in 1514, making it probably the oldest synagogue in Ukraine.

history

Most sources give 1514 or 1532 as the year of construction. However, structural and style elements of the building and a comparison with the nearby monastery point to the beginning of the 17th century. This is also supported by the results of chemical tests of the mortar carried out in 1992.

In the Soviet Union , the synagogue was profaned in 1933 and used as a warehouse. Later it stood empty for many years and deteriorated more and more. The renovation began in 2012 and has now been completed.

architecture

The synagogue was built as a military synagogue with walls one to two meters thick. It is built in the style of the Polish Renaissance . The rib-vaulted main hall was the men's prayer room; Additions in the west and south were for women. Worth mentioning are a stone Torah shrine , a relief above the magnificently designed main entrance and frescoes .

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sataniv/Satanov%20in%20Pictures.html data on the synagogue. Retrieved February 15, 2018
  2. ↑ http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=7991 Possible later date of construction. Accessed January 30, 2019
  3. ↑ https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2014/02/20/new-photos-restored-sataniv-ukraine-synagogue-and-jewish-cemetery/ Images, data on the synagogue. Accessed January 30, 2019
  4. ↑ http://www.burgenwelt.org/ukraine/sataniw_ws/object.php Description of the synagogue. Retrieved February 15, 2018

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 9.2 ″  N , 26 ° 14 ′ 51 ″  E