New Synagogue (Gliwice)
Former Reform synagogue in Gleiwitz, Germany, now Gliwice, Poland
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The New Synagogue (German: Neue Synagoge Gleiwitz; Polish: Nowa Synagoga w Gliwicach) was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Gleiwitz, Germany (today, 15 Dolne Wały Street, in Gliwice, Poland).
| New Synagogue Gleiwitz (Gliwice) | |
|---|---|
The former synagoge in the 19th century | |
  Location of the former synagogue in Germany, as it was in 1937 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Synagogue (1861–1938) | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Location | |
| Location | Gleiwitz (now 15 Dolne Wały Street, Gliwice) |
| Country | Germany (now Poland) |
| Coordinates | 50°17′44″N 18°40′00″E |
| Architecture | |
| Architects |
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| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | |
| Completed | 1861 |
| Destroyed | November 1938 (during Kristallnacht |
| Materials | Brick |
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Designed by Salomon Lubowski and Louis Troplowitz in the Rundbogenstil, Moorish Revival, and Romanesque Revival styles and completed in 1861, the synagogue was destroyed by Nazis on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht.[1]
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