Brno and its surroundings - Jewish Sights

Jewish Sights

• Brno - synagogue 
  This functionalistic synagogue from 1934 – 36 is today the only one still used for its purpose in Moravia and Silesia.
  Address: Skořepka 13, 602 00, Brno
  
• Brno-Židenice - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery was founded in 1852. Behind the Neo-Romanesque ceremonial hall from 1900 we find the cemetery with some 9 000 tombstones.
  Address: Nezamyslova 27, 61500, Brno
  
• Bučovice - Jewish cemetery 
  A cemetery of unknown age with tombstones from the 18th century.
  Address: 68501, Bučovice
  
• Bučovice - Jewish ghetto - remains 
  A small remnant of a ghetto. The synagogue was built in 1853 and demolished in 1966.
  Address: Bučovice
  
• Dolní Kounice - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The ghetto consisting of two small squares and several streets is documented in the 16th century. The synagogue probably resulted from a reconstruction of an older one in the 17th century. It was adapted in the 18th century and contains valuable Hebrew wall inscriptions in the interior. From 1988 till 2004 it was completely restored and now serves for cultural and social purposes.
  Address: Dolní Kounice
  
• Dolní Kounice - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery was founded after 1680; the oldest tombstone is from 1688. There are valuable Baroque and Classicist tombstones.
  Address: 66464, Dolní Kounice
  
• Dolní Kounice - Jewish quarter 
  Only 34 of the houses are standing from the original 82 houses in U Synagogy St., U škrobárny St. and Skalní St. The row of houses have a baroque core, however many of them have already been reconstructed as a result of numerous fires and due to the construction of the bus terminal in later times. The most noteworthy of the preserved buildings are the former schoolhouse no. 581 in U Synagogy St. and the portal with a viticulture motif on building no. 577 in Skalní St.
  Address: Dolní Kounice
  
• Educational and cultural centre of Jewish Museum in Prague (Vzdělávací a kulturní centrum Židovského muzea v Praze) 
  Address: tř. Kpt. Jaroše 3, 602 00, Brno
  
• Ivančice - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The Jewish settlement is allegedly from the 13th century. Today are preserved 52 houses including school, bathhouse and a synagogue from 1853.
  Address: Ivančice
  
• Ivančice - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery includes many Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist tombstones. The oldest legible tombstone is from 1552.
  Address: 66491, Ivančice
  
• Ivanovice na Hané - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The remnants of a large Jewish quarter, the Classicist synagogue of unknown age is used by the choir of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.
  Address: Ivanovice na Hané
  
• Ivanovice na Hané - Jewish cemetery 
  A cemetery of unknown age with tombstones from the beginning of the 17th century.
  Address: 68323, Ivanovice na Hané
  
• Rousínov - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The ghetto probably developed between the 16th and 19th century. It was ravaged by fires and by plundering troops. Most of the houses are preserved after some reconstructions. A synagogue of unknown age with mainly Classicist features.
  Address: Rousínov
  
• Rousínov - Jewish cemetery 
  A cemetery of unknown age, the oldest legible tombstone is from 1695. The cemetery includes valuable Baroque and Classicist tombstones.
  Address: 68301, Rousínov
  
• Slavkov u Brna - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery is situated among agricultural land in an irregular shape, enclosed by a brick wall. There is a semi-circle arched gateway on the south side, through which hearses drove into the cemetery. A stone ceremonial site dating back to 1842 once stood not far from here but has since succumbed to ruin.
  Address: 68411, Slavkov u Brna
  
• Slavkov u Brna - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The Jewish settlement dates back to the 14th century. There are 35 preserved houses including the school, bathhouse and a Neo-Romanesque synagogue from 1858 with a small museum exhibition.
  Address: 68411, Slavkov u Brna
  
• Vyškov - synagogue 
  The Synagogue built in the neo-Romanesque style in 1885. Services ended before 1929. In 1931-54 the building was used as the town museum and then as the chapel of the Czechoslovakian Hussite religion from 1957.
  Address: 68201, Vyškov
  
• Vyškov - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery founded at the end of the 19th century contains only few graves. The rest of the unused area has been turned into a market gardening.
  Address: Vyškov
  
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