Hietzinger Synagogue

Hietzinger Synagogue
German: Hietzinger Synagoge
The synagogue in 1930, prior to its destruction
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue (c. 1928–1938)
Status	Destroyed
Location
Location	Eitelbergergasse 22, Hietzing, Vienna
Country	Austria
Location of the former synagogue in Austria
Geographic coordinates	48°11′10″N 16°17′31″E / 48.18611°N 16.29194°E / 48.18611; 16.29194
Architecture
Architect(s)	Arthur Grünberger Adolf Jelletz
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Expressionist architecture
Date established	1904 (as a congregation)
Completed	1931
Destroyed	9-10 November 1938 on Kristallnacht

The Hietzinger Synagogue (German: Hietzinger Synagoge), or New World Synagogue, was a Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located at Eitelbergergasse 22, in Hietzing, in the 13th district of Vienna, Austria. The Hietzing Synagogue was the only free-standing synagogue built in Vienna between World War I and World War II; subsequently destroyed as a result of Kristallnacht.^{[citation needed]}

History

The congregation was established in 1904 and worshiped from premises located at Penzinger Straße 132. The building was too small for the growing congregation and, after several attempts, an international competition was held to design a new synagogue.^{[citation needed]} The winners, Arthur Grünberger and Adolf Jelletz, designed the rectangular building in the Expressionist style, constructed between 1926 and 1928;^[1] and completed in 1931.^{[citation needed]}

The synagogue was desecrated and partially destroyed during Kristallnacht in November 1938 and demolished the following year.^[2]

See also

• History of the Jews in Vienna

References

External links

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