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Bydgoszcz Synagogue
Bydgoszcz Synagogue
Polish: Synagoga w Bydgoszczy
	The former synagogue in 1920
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism (former)
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1884–1939)
Status	Destroyed
Location
Location	Pod Blankami Street, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
Country	Poland
	Location of the destroyed synagogue in Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	53°07′14″N 17°59′57″E / 53.120667°N 17.999074°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Alfred Muttray
Type	Synagogue architecture
Founder	Lewin Louis Aronsohn
Date established	1809 (as a congregation)
Completed	1884
Destroyed	October 1939
Dome(s)	Three (maybe more)

The Bydgoszcz Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga w Bydgoszczy) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Pod Blankami Street, in Bydgoszcz, in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Alfred Muttrey and completed in 1884 to replace the old wooden synagogue, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in October 1939.

History

The first recording of Jews settling in Bydgoszc dates from the 11th or 12th-century. However they were expelled in 1955 and were officially allowed to return from 1772, when the former authorization was annulled by Frederick the Great. The congregation in Bydgoszcz was officially established in 1809.^[1]

Architect, Alfred Muttrey submitted his design on 27 May 1882, and the construction was initiated by Lewin Louis Aronsohn, and sponsored financially by the entire Jewish community.^[2]^[3]^[4] One of the largest structures in Bydgoszcz until its destruction, the synagogue could accommodate 500 people.^{[citation needed]}

Another former synagogue is located at Przy Bożnicy Street, in the adjacent settlement of Fordon.^[5]

Gallery

Beginning of the complete deconstruction of the synagogue on Nazi German orders, winter 1939

References

^ Gelber, Nathan Michael (2008). "Bydgoszcz, Poland". Virtual Jewish World. The Gale Group. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "Synagoga w Bydgoszczy". Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "The Destruction of Bydgoszcz Jewry". Gazeta.pl. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Po bydgoskiej synagodze zostało niewiele". Tygodnik Bydgoski (in Polish). 22 July 2017.
^ "Synagogue in Bydgoszcz-Fordon". Historical synagogues in Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2024.