New Synagogue (Gliwice)
New Synagogue Gleiwitz (Gliwice) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism (former) |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue (1861–1938) |
Status | Destroyed |
Location | |
Location | Gleiwitz (now 15 Dolne Wały Street, Gliwice) |
Country | Germany (now Poland) |
Location of the former synagogue in Germany, as it was in 1937 | |
Geographic coordinates | 50°17′44″N 18°40′00″E / 50.2954714°N 18.666566°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) |
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Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | |
Completed | 1861 |
Destroyed | November 1938 (during Kristallnacht |
Materials | Brick |
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The New Synagogue (German: Neue Synagoge Gleiwitz; Polish: Nowa Synagoga w Gliwicach) was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Gleiwitz, Germany (today, 15 Dolne Wały Street, in Gliwice, Poland).
Designed by Salomon Lubowski and Louis Troplowitz in the Rundbogenstil, Moorish Revival, and Romanesque Revival styles and completed in 1861, the synagogue was destroyed by Nazis on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht.[1]
See also
[edit]- History of the Jews in Germany
- History of the Jews in Poland
- List of synagogues in Germany (in German)
- List of synagogues in Poland
References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Synagogue in Gliwice". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to New Synagogue in Gliwice at Wikimedia Commons
- "The Synagogue in Gliwice". Zikaron – Memory. Association for the Jewish Heritage of Gliwice.