Synagogue Leopoldsgasse Vienna

Association synagogue, called "Polish Shul". is maintained by the association "Beth Israel" (House of Isreal) according to Polish Jewish rite. From 1792 there was a prayer house called "Beth Hatefilo Poland", from 1836 the rabbi Eleazar Horowitz, who came from Bratislava, worked in the "Lazzenschul" in the old Lazzenhof, from 1854 the Polish-Israelite prayer house was located in the Upper Danube Street 65 (today 79), until the foundation of the "Polish School" in the Leopoldsgasse in 1892. Construction period: 1892 - 93 Architect: Wilhelm Stiassny Architectural style and appearance: three-nave complex with galleries, abundant historicist decoration with Moorish motifs, most striking a central onion-shaped tower. Capacity: 450 men's and 317 women's seats Association name: "Beth Israel Pres.: Dr. Leo Landau, Vpr.: Max Eisenklam, head of the prayer house Aaron Barschak, Rab.: Meir Mayersohn (1932) Nov. 1938 destroyed, today residential building Last use: residential building