Hranice Synagogue

The new synagogue in Moorish-Byzantine style was built in 1863/1864 on the same site as the synagogue on Judengasse (Häuserzeile on the western city wall), which was demolished at the beginning of 1860, and consecrated in 1864. After the deportation of the last remaining Jewish inhabitants of Mährisch Weißkirchen to concentration and extermination camps in 1942, the interior of the synagogue was donated to the Central Jewish Museum in Prague. The synagogue building itself was preserved and has been a protected cultural monument since 1988. Today it houses the City Museum and the Municipal Gallery. The building's façade near the synagogue was redesigned in 2019 and a sculpture by German artist Christine Habermann von Hoch was installed. The work is called „Nicocot – die Lichtfragmente“ and commemorates the city's Jewish inhabitants.