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Jakob Gärtner
Jakob Gartner (6 October 1861 in Přerov – 15 April 1921 in Vienna) was an Austrian Jewish architect. Life Gartner was born on 6 October 1861, came from a Jewish family with five children. He studied in Brno, and then worked as an intern with other architects in Bielitz and Vienna. In 1888 he became independent and designed several dwellings and a synagogue. He died on 15 April 1921 in Vienna. He was laid to rest in Döbling. Gartner designed several synagogues in historic Hungary, including Debrecen, Trnava (now Slovakia), Galgoc (today Slovakia), and Târgu Mureş (today Romania). He was likely also the designer of the synagogue at the Újpest Synagogue in Budapest. Some of his buildings were later destroyed during the National Socialist pogroms. He was married to Anna Lanzer. Buildings * 1885–1886: Újpest Synagogue, Budapest (presumption) * 1889: Pilsen Synagogue * 1890: Galgóczi Synagogue * 1892–1893: Holešov Synagogue * 1892–1896 Opav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Gartner 1894
Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Award, annual award to scholars in the field of heat transfer * Ohel Jakob synagogue (Munich) Fictional characters * Jakob, a character from the video game ''Fire Emblem Fates'' See also * Jacob (other) * St. Jacob (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrecen Neological Synagogue
The Debrecen Neological Synagogue is a former Neolog Jewish synagogue that was located on Deák Ferenc Street in Debrecen, Hungary. Completed in 1896, the building was used a synagogue until World War II. After damage during the war, restoration began in 1949; however the building was demolished in the 1960s following a fire. History The large synagogue in Deák Ferenc Street was built in 1896 in the Moorish Revival style, according to the plans of Jakob Gartner, a Jew in Vienna. Although the brick-walled, double-towered, domed synagogue did not stand on the street line, it was easily visible from the large square in front of it. Its façade formation was characterized by a strong triple articulation, and its mass became plastic and articulated by the strong, risalit-like protrusions of its edges. It suffered damage during World War II. Renovation began in 1949, however, during the roofing work, the attic caught fire and the building burned down. The city authority decided in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue Architecture
Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction. There is no set blueprint for synagogues and architectural shapes and interior designs of synagogues vary greatly. According to tradition, the Shekhinah or divine presence can be found wherever there is a ''minyan'': the quorum of ten required for Jewish prayer. Synagogues have some requirements. They always contain a Torah ark where the Torah scrolls are kept (called an ''aron qodesh'' () by Ashkenazi Jews and a ''hekhal'' () by Sephardic Jews). Also, since synagogues are buildings for congregational worship, they require a large central space (like church (building), churches in Christianity and mosques in Islam). They are generally designed with the ark at one end, typically opposite the main entrance on the east side of the building, and a Bema#Judaism, ''bema'' either in front of that or more centrally placed. Raised galleries for female worshipers have been common in historical buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Architects
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Austrian Architects
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Jews
The history of the Jews in Austria starts after the Jewish diaspora, exodus of Jews from History of ancient Israel and Judah#Roman occupation, Judea under Roman occupation. There have been Jews in Austria since the 3rd century CE. Over the course of many centuries, the political status of the community rose and fell many times: during certain periods, the Jewish community prospered and enjoyed political equality, and during other periods it suffered pogroms, deportations to concentration camps and mass murder, and further antisemitism. The Holocaust drastically reduced the Jewish community in Austria and only 8,140 Jews remained in Austria according to the 2001 census. As of 2020, Austria had a Jewish population of 10,300 and a total of 33,000 when including any Austrian with at least one Jewish grandparent. Antiquity Jews have been in Austria since at least the 3rd century CE. In 2008, a team of archeologists discovered a third-century CE amulet in the form of a gold scroll w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Deaths
Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board. * January 16 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. * January 17 – The first recorded public performance of the illusion of "sawing a woman in half" is given by English stage magician P. T. Selbit at the Finsbury Park Empire variety theatre in London. * January 20 – British K-class submarine HMS K5, HMS ''K5'' sinks in the English Channel; all 57 on board are lost. * January 21 – The full-length Silent film, silent comedy drama film ''The Kid (1921 film), The Kid'', written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 Births
This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the Emancipation reform of 1861, emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Frederick William IV of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I of Germany, Wilhelm I. American Civil War: ** January 3 – Delaware votes not to secede from the United States, Union. ** January 9 – Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. ** January 10 – Florida in the American Civil War, Florida secedes from the Union. ** January 11 – Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama secedes from the Union. ** January 12 – Major Robert Anderson (Union officer), Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitești
Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș (river), Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies on the A1 freeway (Romania), A1 freeway connecting the city directly to the national capital Bucharest, being an important railway junction, with a classification yard in nearby Bălilești. The city houses the Arpechim Refinery, Arpechim oil refinery, and is a marketing center for the Automotive industry in Romania, automotive industry, in particular, Automobile Dacia. Inhabited since Prehistory of the Balkans, prehistoric times but first mentioned in the 14th century, it developed as a trading town in northern Wallachia, serving as an informal residence for various Rulers of Wallachia, Wallachian Princes until the 18th century. From the 19th century and until the interwar period, it was an importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Status Quo Ante Synagogue (Târgu Mureș)
The Synagogue Status Quo Ante in Târgu Mureș (), also known as the Great Temple in Târgu Mureş, the Big Temple in Târgu Mureş, or the Great Synagogue in Târgu Mureş, is a Status Quo Ante Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 24 Aurel Filimon Street, Târgu Mureș, in Mureș county, Transylvania, Romania. Designed by Jakob Gartner in an eclectic architectural style, the synagogue was completed in 1900, during the Austro-Hungarian period. The synagogue was included on the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania in 2004. History Jewish congregation The presence of Jews in Târgu Mureș is recorded from 1682. Over the next few decades, the Jewish community in the city grew very quickly, such that by the time Transilvania, under Austro-Hungarian control, was known as Grand Principality of Transylvania, it was second in size only to the one in Alba Iulia. By , the Jewish community in Târgu Mureș had just one wooden synagogue in which to meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue In Trnava
The Status Quo Ante Synagogue () is a former Status Quo Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Halenárska Street in Trnava, Slovakia. The building has been used as an arts center since 2016. History Completed in either 1891 or 1897, the synagogue was designed by Jakob Gartner in the Moorish Revival and Byzantine Revival styles. In addition to the Status Quo synagogue, the city was also served by an Orthodox synagogue. The synagogue was devastated in World War II. The synagogue has subsequently been repurposed as a center of contemporary art, housing the Ján Koniarek gallery, and hosts a number of exhibitions and concerts. Inside, apse and chapel are surrounded by a gallery for women, which is supported by cast iron columns with composite capitals. In the center of the chapel is a glass dome with its original design. Historically and to this day the synagogue is one of the most characteristic and most original buildings in the city. Its most characteristic features ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olmütz Synagogue
The Olomouc Synagogue () was a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was built in 1897 and was destroyed during a Nazi attack in March 1939. History In the late 1850s, Olomouc's "Izraelitische Cultusverein", the religious society, was founded. From 1859, the congregation rented halls for regular worship due to the efforts of Hermann Zweig and the well-known Jewish scholar and physician, Adolf Brecher. These services were officially approved by the authorities in 1860; and in 1863, an entire floor, which was subsequently acquired by the community, was dedicated by the Rev. Dr Schmiedl, at that time of Prossnitz, and subsequently of Vienna. In 1892, the "Cultusverein" was changed into a "Cultusgemeinde", and its constitution was confirmed two years later in conformity with the law of 20 March 1890. It was then that the notion of building a synagogue arose. In 1894, the community purchased a site adjacent to the Teresian Gate. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
