The synagogue planners by Lipot Baumhorn is today a Sport Center. On Front is a well kept park, people crossing – a lively place. The building was opened as a synagogue in 1904. the usage of tiles on the building is similar to the Lutheran church on main square. The Building is in fairly good […]
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Szolnok- Lipot Baumhorn is watching
The former synagogue of Szolnok is one of Lipot baumhorn‘s many’s. And in front of the today’s gallery is a statue of the famous architect. The synagogue itself has a great location at the end of the pedestrian bridge across the river Theiss/tissen on the one side and one of the nicest streets in Szolnok […]
Tokaj- the great synagogue
Tokaj is a rather long dwelling along two streets. It seems to be only existing of vinaries and concentrated near the river of Theiss- Tyssen of hotels, pensions and tourist facilities. A little further away from the tourist hotspot is the great synagogue, built in 1890 in a mourish style, including „Rundbogen Stil“. It was […]
Liptovský Mikuláš
is a town of about 30.000, located in the north of Slovakia in a valley enclosed to the north and to the south by the Tatra mountains. When the communists grabbed power after WW2, they changed the original name from Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš (“Liptovský Saint Nicholas”) by striking out the “Saint”. In 2026, Wikipedia (en) […]
Szeged left us speechless
This synagogue is quite something. Huge. Impressive. Magnificent. Built in only 3 years and opened in 1903 it is still usable as a synagogue. I have read it is one of the largest in the world and second largest in Hungary. There is a small Jewish community in Szeged that organise a festival every year […]
Kecskemét- the most beautiful „House of Technology“
To find good use for former synagogues is not always easy. In Kescemét it is used not for music but for conferences and sciences stuff. It was built in the 1870s. Due to a change in city development (the park and boulevard was built) it was suddenly located right in the city center. Quite unusual […]