Uzhgorod Synagogue

Uzhgorod Synagogue Ужгородська Синагога
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Basic information
Location	Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Converted Synagogue
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Ludwig Förster and Frigyes Feszl
Architectural style	Byzantine Revival—Moorish Revival]
Completed	1910

The Uzhgorod Synagogue building is located in Uzhhorod, in the present day Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine.

Synagogue

The synagogue was completed and dedicated in 1910. It was then within the Carpathian Ruthenia region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The building was designed by the architects Ludwig Förster and Frigyes Feszl, in a flamboyant Romantic style that boldly intermingled Byzantine Revival and Moorish Revival architectural elements.

Concert hall

Since World War II the building has served as Uzhgorod's concert hall, prized for its acoustics. It has housed the Regional Philharmonic Society with the Transcarpathian Folk Choir.

All Jewish symbols were removed from the building, although as of 2012 there is a plaque on the facade commemorating the 85,000 Jews from Zakarpattia Oblast who died in The Holocaust.

See also

• History of the Jews in Ukraine
• Former synagogues in Ukraine

Gallery

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