Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Türkischer Tempel / Synagoge Zirkusgasse - Gedenktafel
Zirkusgasse 22, Leopoldstadt (1020), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Metall, Kupfer
- Plaque made
- 1988
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Zirkusgasse 22
- District
- Leopoldstadt (1020)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.21579, 16.38382
- Object number
- 95154
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
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The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Hier stand der 1885-1887 nach Plänen / des Architekten Hugo von Wiedenfeld / erbaute "Türkische Tempel", die / Synagoge der sephardischen Gemeinde / zerstört in der "Reichskristallnacht" / am 10. November 1938.
Biografische Angaben
Bereits 1868 errichtete die sephardische türkisch-jüdische Gemeinde an dieser Stelle ein Bethaus.Wegen Planungsmängeln musste der Bau jedoch wieder abgerissen werden. In den Jahren 1885-1887 entstand eine neue Synagoge im maurischen Stil.
English translation
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Inscription
Here stood the "Türkische Tempel", built in 1885-1887 to designs / by the architect Hugo von Wiedenfeld, the / synagogue of the Sephardic community, / destroyed in the "Reichskristallnacht" / on 10 November 1938.
Biographical notes
As early as 1868 the Sephardic Turkish-Jewish community erected a prayer house on this site. Due to planning defects, however, the building had to be demolished again. In the years 1885-1887 a new synagogue in the Moorish style was built.
Other plaques nearby
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- Synagoge Tempelgasse / Leopoldstädter Tempel - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Alfred Adler - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
- Viktor Frankl - GedenktafelGedenktafelnunder 1 mi
Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.