Lendava Synagogue

Contact

Sinagoga Lendava

Spodnja ulica 5, SI-9220 Lendava-Lendva

http://sinagoga-lendava.si

info@gml.si

Phone386 (0) 2 578 9260

Managed byLendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum

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The Lendava Synagogue is one of the three synagogues still remaining in Slovenia. Along with the Maribor Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in Europe, the Lendava Synagogue (built in 1866) functions as a historical monument and a cultural centre. Since 2013 it hosts also the Slovenian Holocaust Museum with a permanent exhibition on Jews in the Prekmurje region. The third synagogue, the smaller praying centre at the Ljubljana Town Hall, serves for religious purposes.

Lendava Synagogue and the Slovenian Holocaust Museum.

History

The Jewish community of Dolnje Lendava began construction of the synagogue, which is now one of the two preserved synagogues in Slovenia in 1866. Until 1944 the Lendava Synagogue served as religious centre for Jewish people from the Prekmurje region. It had room for about 150 worshippers. After the building was neglected for several decades after 1944, it was renovated in the 1990s. Next to the synagogue there was also a Jewish school which was demolished in the end of the 1990s and a residence for the rabbi. In the nearby Dolga vas one can still visit a Jewish burial ground, the only one preserved in the region.

Venue

Today the cultural and art programme in the Lendava Synagogue is managed by the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum. It serves as a venue for concerts and exhibitions, current exhibition is devoted to the history of Jewish people in the Lendava region. In 2009 on the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, the Lendava Synagogue hosted a photographic exhibition by David Rubinger. So far, the synagogue has also hosted many traditional, jazz and klezmer musicians.

Slovenian Holocaust Museum

Since 2013 the synagogue has featured also a permanent display on the history of Jews from the Prekmurje region, combined with temporary thematic exhibitions, focused on personal memorabilia and the impact of particular families on the development of the town of Lendava.

See also

• Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor
• Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum
• Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana

External links

• Lendava Synagogue website (in Slovenian)
• Lendava Synagogue on Wikipedia
• Lendava Synagogue on Sl.wikipedia.org

Gallery

The interior of the Lendava Synagogue. The clock on the wall is the only remain of the original fittings.

Slovenian Holocaust Museum in the Lendava Synagogue

Lendava Synagogue and the Slovenian Holocaust Museum.