Bielsko synagogue

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Bielsko Synagogue (postcard from 1910)

The Bielsko Synagogue ( Polish Synagoga w Bielsku ) was located in the Silesian city ​​of Bielsko (Polish Bielsko, today part of Bielsko-Biała ).

It was designed by Ludwig Schöne and Karl Korn , who also built the synagogue in Biala , and built between 1879 and 1881. The building had two corner towers and was designed in an oriental style .

It was completely destroyed during the Second World War on September 13, 1939, only the foundations and part of the cellar have been preserved. After the war, the place where the synagogue was located was rebuilt.

In 1991 a plaque with a Polish and Hebrew inscription and a depiction of a menorah was placed on this building .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 29 ″  N , 19 ° 2 ′ 40 ″  E