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    Title

  • Bimah in the Bad Koenigswart Synagogue

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white postcard ; 8 x 13 centimeters

  • Date

    undated

  • Place of Publication

    [Bad Koenigswart]

  • Subject

    Synagogues, Interiors; Bemas

  • Place

    Lázně Kynžvart (Czech Republic)

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Hugo Fuchs Collection, AR 790

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Bad Königswart (Lázně Kynžvart) in Bohemia, next to Marienbad was a spa town with a Jewish synagogue that was built in the 17th century, brandishing an elaborate baroque Bimah and Tora shrine. In the early 19th century the Jewish community was under the protection of Prince Metternich.

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Citation

Bimah in the Bad Koenigswart Synagogue, Leo Baeck Institute, F 19298.