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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Das Israelitische Gotteshaus in Wien

  • Physical Description

    1 print : ink on paper ; 8.5" x 10.5", 22 x 27 cm. +, frame (14.25" x 16 3/8")

  • Date

    1870

  • Place of Publication

    Wien

  • Publisher

    Friedrich Förster

  • Notes

    Title of the print is below the image. The printer's information is included in the lower right-hand corner.

  • Summary

    Exterior view of the Leopoldstädter Temple synagogue in Vienna. The synagogue has architectural elements in a Moorish style, with a tripartite facade. Citizens and horse-drawn carriages are depicted in front of the temple.

  • Subject

    Zweiter Israelitischer Tempel in der Leopoldstadt in Wien; Synagogues

  • Place

    Vienna (Austria)

  • Medium

    Prints

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Leopoldstädter Temple was built in 1858, designed in a Moorish Revival style by the architect Ludwig von Förster. It was the largest synagogue of Vienna, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt. The synagogue was also known as "Israelitisches Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt". In 1938, the synagogue was ravaged and destroyed during Kristallnacht. The part of the temple that survived was used in post-war Vienna as a small school and synagogue.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Das Israelitische Gotteshaus in Wien, Leo Baeck Institute, 2019.58.