Synagogue

In 1907, Chaim Fraenkel built a two-storey brick synagogue next to the factory in place of the former wooden church. On the second floor of the building there were rooms for men, on the second floor rooms for women. In the basement there was an apartment for the synagogue servant, who maintained and guarded the building. The synagogue was intended for the factory workers, but Jews from the surrounding neighborhoods gathered here on holidays.

The synagogue had a ten-metre-high dome, as well as two smaller decorative domes on the sides and above the side halls. The large dome was supported by several columns made of steel and concrete. It combined different architectural styles, but mainly a neo-Gothic and Byzantine style was used.

The synagogue at 9 Smilgos Street in Kėdainiai, today known as the „Synagogue on Smilgos Street” (lit. Smilgos g. sinagoga), was built in the mid-19th century thanks to a donation from the wealthy shoemaker Elijas Wilner (also known as Ilija Vilneris). It is a brick building in the classicist style on a rectangular floor plan. The synagogue had an exclusive character and was intended for wealthy craftsmen. It consisted of a one-storey section, which took up two-thirds of the building, where the men prayed, and a two-storey section, where the women's room was located.

The high main façade caught the eye from afar. A large rose window and a prominent entrance portal gave the building a striking appearance. The inscription was emblazoned above the entrance: „וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ, וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם“ – And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst (Exodus 25:8).

The Neolog Synagogue in Brașov (German Kronstadt), a Romanian town in Siebenbürgen, was built from 1898 to 1901 according to plans by the architect Lipót Baumhorn .

1879 Foundation of the "Israelitischer Verein zur Befriedigung religiüser Bedürfnisse" for the planning and construction of the small wooden synagogue for around 50 people. It is located slightly above the nearby Protestant Salvator Church and the Catholic Church of St. Joseph. So many people came to the inauguration that the synagogue was too small. As a good neighbor, the opening was moved to the Catholic parish hall.

In 1925, the 50th anniversary of the Jewish community was celebrated, for which the synagogue had been specially prepared.