Rumbach Street Synagogue

Rumbach Street Synagogue
Rumbach utcai Zsinagóga
Basic information
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Inactive Synagogue
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Otto Wagner
Architectural style	Moorish Revival
Direction of façade	SW
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1872
Specifications
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. It served the Status Quo Ante community.

Rumbach Street Synagogue, Budapest

The Moorish Revival synagogue has eight sides and while the interior as of this writing (2008) 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 up until the Holocaust and deportation of the Jews of Budapest.

See also

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

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: 

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

External links

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