Bielsko Synagogue | |
Native Name: | Polish: Synagoga w Bielsku |
Image Upright: | 1.4 |
Rite: | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Functional Status: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kaiser Franz Josef Street, Bielsko, Cieszyn Silesia, Silesian Voivodeship |
Country: | Poland |
Map Type: | Poland Silesian Voivodeship |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 49.8247°N 19.0444°W |
Architect: | Karol Korn |
Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
Groundbreaking: | 1879 |
Year Completed: | 1881 |
Date Destroyed: | 13 September 1939 |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Footnotes: | [1] |
The Bielsko Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga w Bielsku) was a former Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Bielsko, in Cieszyn Silesia, in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.
Designed by Karol Korn and completed in 1881 in the Moorish Revival and Romanesque Revival styles, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on 13 September 1939.