The Trenčín Synagogue () is a
cultural centre
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and former
Neolog Jewish
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congregation and
synagogue
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in the city of
Trenčín
Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...
in
Slovakia
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. The building is a
Cultural Heritage Monument of Slovakia.
History
The Jewish population of the city was around 2000 members. The synagogue was inaugurated in September 1913, the Jewish community built the building on the site of a previous wooden synagogue from 1781. The synagogue building was built according to the plans of Richard Scheibner, who was born on March 19, 1880 in Piešťany, lived and worked in Berlin and died on October 13, 1945 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
In 1941, it was damaged by the Slovak
Hlinka Guard
The Hlinka Guard (; ; abbreviated as HG) was the militia maintained by the Slovak People's Party in the period from 1938 to 1945; it was named after Andrej Hlinka.
The Hlinka Guard was preceded by the Rodobrana (Home Defense/Nation's Defen ...
.
[http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/5839/2/Borsky_Maros_Synagogue_Architecture_in_Slovakia_text_for_www.pdf Dissertation an der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien 2005, p 149–150] After the war, the building became property of the state and was used as a storage facility. Jews from the city prayed in a room nearby. It was renovated at the end of the 1970's and is now a
cultural centre
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.
Gallery
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See also
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History of the Jews in Slovakia
The history of the Jews in Slovakia goes back to the 11th century, when the first Jews settled in the area.
Early history
In the 14th century, about 800 Jews lived in Bratislava, the majority of them engaged in commerce and money lending. In ...
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References
20th-century architecture in Slovakia
20th-century attacks on Jewish institutions
Buildings and structures in Trenčín
Byzantine Revival architecture in Slovakia
Byzantine Revival synagogues
Jewish Slovak history
Neolog synagogues in Slovakia
Synagogue buildings with domes
Synagogues completed in 1913
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