Eger Synagogue

The Eger Synagogue was a Jewish Synagogue in Eger, Hungary.

History

The Eger Synagogue was built between 1911 and 1913 on the corner of what is now known as Hibay Károly Street and Kossuth Lajos Street in Eger, Hungary. The building was officially inaugurated on September 13, 1913. The synagogue was designed by Lipót Baumhorn, who worked in the late Eclectic-Art Nouveau style.[1] The form and style were typical of Baumhorn's synagogue architecture, and it bore similarities to the Szeged New Synagogue and the Novi Sad Synagogue.[2]

Because of the devastation of the Holocaust and World War II on the local Jewish community, the synagogue became unable to function. Following the war, the building was sold to the Eger city council, which used it as a warehouse. It was destroyed in 1967 and no longer exists.

The Hotel Unicornis, named for the unicorn in the Eger coat of arms, stands on the site today.[3]

References
  1. http://www.novisad.rs/eng/synagogue%7Ctitle=Synagogue |
  2. "Synagogue | Novi Sad". www.novisad.rs. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. "Hotel Unicornis - Eger". hotelunicornis.hu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

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