Synagoga v Lounech / Louny Synagogue - Louny (North Bohemia)
N 50° 21.436 E 013° 47.981
33U E 414617 N 5579043
This nice building in Moorish style, nowadays depository of State district archive, was originally the main synagogue of jewish community in town Louny...
Waymark Code: WME1YE
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/23/2012
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This nice building in Moorish style, nowadays depository of State district archive, was originally the main synagogue of jewish community in town Louny...
The synangogue was built in 1871 according to project of architect Johann Stanek in neo-Romanesque style with distinctive Moorish elements. After WWII, when the majority of Louny jewish citizens parished in Nazi extermination camps, the ownership the building passed to the state's hands. After reconstruction it serves as depository of State district archive...