Rumbach Street Synagogue

Rumbach Street Synagogue
Rumbach utcai Zsinagóga
Basic information
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Geographic coordinates	47°29′52.1″N 19°3′31.8″E / 47.497806°N 19.058833°E / 47.497806; 19.058833Coordinates: 47°29′52.1″N 19°3′31.8″E / 47.497806°N 19.058833°E / 47.497806; 19.058833
Affiliation	Judaism
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Inactive Synagogue
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Otto Wagner
Architectural style	Moorish Revival
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1872
Specifications
Direction of façade	SW
Length	50 meters (160 ft)
Width	35 meters (115 ft)
Height (max)	28 meters (92 ft)

The Rumbach Street synagogue (Hungarian: Rumbach utcai zsinagóga) is located in Belváros, the inner city of the historical old town of Pest, in the eastern section of Budapest. The synagogue in Rumbach Street was built in 1872 to the design of the Viennese architect Otto Wagner.^[1] It served the more conservative members of the Neológ community of Pest.

The Moorish Revival synagogue has eight sides and while the interior is badly in need of restoration, the octagonal, balconied, domed synagogue intricately patterned and painted in Islamic style is exquisitely beautiful. It was built not as an exact replica of, but as an homage to the style of the octagonal, domed Dome of the Rock Muslim shrine in Jerusalem.

The synagogue sometimes hosts plays and photo exhibits*. There is some labeling of items in the synagogue many of which are in a state of ruin*.

The Rabbi of the Rumbach Street synagogue was Rabbi Shloime Boruch Schmalhausen until the Holocaust and deportation of the Jews of Budapest.^[2]

Interior  Façade  Project by Otto Wagner

See also

• Synagogues built in the Moorish Revival style:
  • Leopoldstädter Tempel, Vienna, Austria
  • Central Synagogue, New York City, United States
  • See Moorish Revival Synagogues for more examples.

Notes

References

• Muller, Ines (1992). Die Otto Wagner-Synagoge in Budapest (in German). Wien: Löcker. ISBN 978-3-85409-200-1. 
• Kalmar, Ivan Davidson (2001). "Moorish Style: Orientalism, the Jews, and Synagogue Architecture" (PDF). Jewish Social Studies History Culture and Society. 7 (3): 68. doi:10.2979/JSS.2001.7.3.68. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
• Szegő, György (2004). "The Gozsdu Court in the Jewish Triangle". The Hungarian Quarterly. XLV (76). Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gotthard Deutsch, Alexander Büchler (1901–1906). "Budapest". In Singer, Isidore; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. 

• Jewish.hu - The Synagogue Triangle
• Kaufman, Rachelle Kaufman An American Jew in Budapest 2015

External links

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