Bohoniki Mosque Explained

Bohoniki Mosque
Native Name:Meczet w Bohonikach
Native Name Lang:pl
Map Type:Poland Podlaskie Voivodeship
Map Size:225px
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:53.3903°N 23.5917°W
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Location:Bohoniki, Podlaskie, Poland
Tradition:Sunni
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Organizational Status:-->
Architecture Type:mosque
Year Completed:19th–20th century
Date Destroyed:-->
Designation1:Historic Monument of Poland
Designation1 Date:2012-10-22
Designation1 Number:Dz. U. z 2012 r. poz. 1275[1]

Bohoniki Mosque (Polish: Meczet w Bohonikach) is a wooden mosque located in the village of Bohoniki, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland.[2]

History

The mosque was built at the turning point of the nineteenth and twentieth-century, most likely in 1873. It was constructed after a fire burnt down a previous Tatar settlers' mosque in its location. The former mosque was located next to a historic cemetery in the eastern part of the village, existing since around the eighteenth-century, or from the seventeenth-century.[3]

During World War II, the mosque was destroyed by the Wehrmacht, which transformed the building into a field hospital. After 1945, the mosque had undergone numerous small renovations. There were plans for the mosque's expansion, but the conservator did not allow these plans to be put forward.

In 2003, the mosque's roof was renovated; the sheet tin roof was replaced by shingle. In 2005, the mosque had undergone a major refurbishment.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 października 2012 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Bohoniki i Kruszyniany - meczety i mizary". 2012. 1275.
  2. Web site: Main Page. Bohoniki. 11 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233108/http://www.bohoniki.info/. 4 March 2016.
  3. Book: Antoniak. Grzegorz Rąkowski ; [il. Krystyna|title=Polska egzotyczna : [przewodnik].|date=2005|publisher=Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz"|location=Pruszków|isbn=8389188376|edition=Wyd. 3 aktual..
  4. Book: Gembicki. [tekst Roman|title=Podlaski szlak tatarski : Bohoniki|date=2006|publisher=Muzułmańska Gmina Wyznaniowa|location=Bohoniki|isbn=8392266528].