Batumi Synagogue

Batumi Synagogue

Interior of the synagogue

The Batumi Synagogue , Georgian ბათუმის სინაგოგა , is the Jewish place of worship in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi . It was built in 1904 according to plans by Simon (Lev) Volkovich and is located at 33 Vazha-Pshavela-Straße. The synagogue was used as a sports facility during the Soviet Union and has been a Jewish place of worship since 1998.

history

In the Russian census of 1897, 1179 Jews were counted in Batumi. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city's Jewish community turned to the Russian Tsar Nicholas II with the request to allow a synagogue to be built in the city. The tsar complied with the community's wish. The architect Simon (Lev) Volkovich was commissioned to design the building; the synagogue was completed and consecrated in 1904.

After Georgia was incorporated into the Soviet Union, the synagogue was closed in the late 1920s and used as a sports facility for many years.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Georgia, the city administration gave the building back to the re-established Jewish community of Batumis in 1993. The synagogue was then extensively renovated and painted white so that the synagogue could be inaugurated again in 1998.

In 2011 the synagogue was added to the list of National Monuments of Georgia.

Web links

Commons : Batumi Synagogue  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Батуми (Batumi). In: Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia. 1995, accessed December 26, 2016 (Russian). 

Coordinates: 41 ° 38 '50.4 "  N , 41 ° 38' 4.1"  E