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Opava Synagogue

Coordinates: 49°56′21″N 17°53′49″E / 49.93917°N 17.89694°E / 49.93917; 17.89694
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Opava Synagogue
Czech: Synagoga v Opavě
A postcard of the former synagogue in 1900
Religion
AffiliationJudaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (1895–1938)
StatusDestroyed
Location
LocationOpava, Silesia
CountryCzech Republic
Opava Synagogue is located in Czech Republic
Opava Synagogue
Location of the destroyed synagogue
in the Czech Republic
Geographic coordinates49°56′21″N 17°53′49″E / 49.93917°N 17.89694°E / 49.93917; 17.89694
Architecture
Architect(s)Jakob Gartner
TypeSynagogue architecture
Style
Completed1895
Destroyed1938
Dome(s)Three

The Opava Synagogue (Czech: Synagoga v Opavě), or Tempel, was a former Jewish synagogue, located in Opava (German: Troppau), Silesia, in the Czech Republic.

Designed by Jakob Gartner in the Romanesque Revival and Moorish Revival styles, the synagogue was completed in 1895.

The synagogue was destroyed in 1938, when it was burned and levelled to the ground by the local fanaticized Sudeten Germans. It was one of the most distinctive structures of its kind in prewar Czechoslovakia.[1]

The name of the street where the tempel originally stood still bears the name “U synagogy”. The neighbouring rabbinical house, built in the same architectonical style, survived the Nazi rampage and is preserved.

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  1. ^ "Opava". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved March 22, 2021.