| Great suburb synagogue (Lviv) | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Status | Destroyed in 1941 |
| Location | |
| Location | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Baroque style |
| Completed | 1798 |
The Great Suburb Synagogue was a synagogue at Bożnicza-Street 16 in Lviv, Ukraine.[1]
History
The synagogue was located on the Kraków suburb (therefore the building received the name), in the street Bożnicza, 16. After destruction of the building, the synagogue was not built up and on its place the square was arranged. The synagogue was built in 1624–1630. Long time it remained a unique stone construction in district. Support and arches in the Great Suburb Synagogue divided overlapping into practically equal nine fields. In 1798, to the prayer hall for men, two branches for women from southern and northern part were attached.
There is evidence of reconstruction in 1864-1865 by Josef Engel and a larger-scale reconstruction in 1870 by Michael Herl. In 1918, the walls were painted according to the design of Erik and Maurice Fleck. On November 22-24 of that year, the synagogue burned and was looted during a pogrom after Polish troops entered Lviv. The postwar reconstruction was carried out by the architect Leopold Reiss. In the fall of 1941 it was blown up by the Nazis.
To the Great Suburb Synagogue small prayer houses were attached. They were placed in ground-floor as one-storied outhouses of synagogues:
- The Menakrim Synagogue
- The Zowche Cedek Synagogue
- The Melamdim Synagogue
- The Hajutim Hdalim Synagogue
- The Cijerim Synagogue
It was devastated by the Nazis in 1941. It was not rebuilt after war. A commemorative plaque was erected on a neighbouring building.
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