List of synagogues in Romania
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This is a list of synagogues and Jewish temples in Romania, divided by historical region.
Banat
Bucharest
Crişana
Maramureş
Moldavia
Muntenia
Oltenia
Transylvania
BanatBanatThe Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
- TimişoaraTimisoaraTimișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
- Synagogue of Cetate, 1863–1865
- Synagogue of Fabric, 1889
- Iosefin SynagogueIosefin SynagogueThe Iosefin Synagogue is a synagogue located in Iosefin, a neighbourhoood of Timişoara, Romania. Built in 1910, it is the newest of the city's three synagogues, and the last still functioning....
http://cet.rdstm.ro/files/iosefin.htm - Synagogue of Cuza Vodă street, 1843
- Other towns
- Synagogue of CaransebeşCaransebesCaransebeş is a city in Caraş-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. It is located at the confluence of the river Timiş with the river Sebeş, the latter coming from the Ţarcu Mountains. To the west, it is in direct contact with the Banat hills...
, 1893 - Sephardic Synagogue of Lugoj (Small Synagogue) http://www.poze-romania.ro/poza.php?idp=13976
- Synagogue of ReşiţaResita' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...
, 1910 http://resitaonline.ro/module-pnGallery2-main-g2_view-core:ShowItem-g2_itemId-1087-g2_imageViewsIndex-1.html
- Synagogue of Caransebeş
BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
- Synagogue of Calea Moşilor http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-bucuresti.php
- Yeshua Tova SynagogueYeshua Tova SynagogueThe Yeshua Tova Synagogue in Bucharest, Romania, is the city's oldest synagogue, serving the local Jewish community.The synagogue is located on 9, Take Ionescu Street, near Piaţa Amzei. It was built in 1827, and renovated in 2007....
(Sinagoga Ieşua Tova, or Sinagoga Podul Mogoşoaiei), 1827 - Great Synagogue (Bucharest)Great Synagogue (Bucharest)The Great Synagogue was raised in 1845 by the Polish-Jewish community. It was repaired in 1865, redesigned in 1903 and 1909, repainted in Rococo style in 1936 by Ghershon Horowitz, then it was restored again in 1945, as it had been devastated by the extreme right Legionaries. It nowadays hosts an...
, 1910 (today a museum) - Unirea Sfântă Synagogue, 1836 (hosting the Jewish Museum (Bucharest)Jewish Museum (Bucharest)The Jewish Museum in Bucharest, Romania is located in the former Templul Unirea Sfântă synagogue, which survived both World War II and Nicolae Ceauşescu unscathed....
) - Templul CoralTemplul CoralThe Choral Temple is a synagogue located in Bucharest, Romania. It followed the plans of Vienna's Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue . It was designed by Enderle and Freiwald and built between 1857 - 1867. It was devastated by the extreme right Legionaries and then restored after World War...
, 1866 - Credinţa Temple, 1926
- Chabad Lyubavitsh of Romania http://www.chabad.org/centers/default.asp?AID=118397
CrişanaCrisanaCrișana is a geographical and historical region divided today between Romania and Hungary, named after the Criș River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru and Crișul Repede....
- AradArad, RomaniaArad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...
- Sinagoga neologă, 1834 http://oterarad.jewish.ro/html/Synagogue.html
- Synagogue Ortodoxă, 1920
- OradeaOradeaOradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...
- Orthodox Synagogue http://www.oradea-online.ro/oradea/2/galeria_oradea3_5.htm
- Sion Synagogue (Templul Neolog), 1878
Dobrogea
- Synagogue of BabadagBabadagBabadag is a town in Tulcea county, Romania, located on a small lake formed by the Taiţa river, in the densely wooded highlands of northern Dobruja. Its name means "the mountain of the father" in Turkish...
, 1893 - Synagogue of Tulcea, (Templul evreiesc) http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-tulcea.php
- Great Synagogue (Ashkenazi), ConstanţaConstantaConstanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....
, 1911
MaramureşMaramuresMaramureș may refer to the following:*Maramureș, a geographical, historical, and ethno-cultural region in present-day Romania and Ukraine, that occupies the Maramureș Depression and Maramureș Mountains, a mountain range in North East Carpathians...
- Satu Mare
- Synagogue of Ţibleş street, 1912
- Synagogue "Saare Tora", 1927 (next to the Great Temple)
- Great Temple, 1889 http://www.satu-mare.ro/biserici/Synagogue.html.ro http://otersm.jewish.ro/istorie.html
- Other towns
- Synagogue of Baia MareBaia MareBaia Mare is a municipality in northwestern Romania and the capital of Maramureş County. The city is situated about 600 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, 70 kilometres from the border with Hungary and 50 kilometres from the border with Ukraine...
, 1885 http://www.jewish.ro/html/____viata_evreiasca_in_baia_ma.html - Synagogue of Seini, 1904
- Vijniţer Klaus Temple, Sighetu MarmaţieiSighetu MarmatieiSighetu Marmației , formerly Sighet, is a city in Maramureş County near the Iza River, in north-western Romania. It administers five villages: Iapa, Lazu Baciului, Șugău, Valea Cufundoasă and Valea Hotarului.-Geography:...
, 1885 http://www.atti.info/Maramures/maramures14.htm
- Synagogue of Baia Mare
MoldaviaMoldaviaMoldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
- BacăuBacauBacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...
- Synagogue Rabin Avram Arie Rosen
- Cerealiştilor Temple, 1906
- BotoşaniBotosaniBotoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...
- Synagogue "Hoihe Sil", 1834
- Yiddish Synagogue
- FălticeniFalticeniFălticeni is a city in Suceava County, Romania, capital of the former Baia County . As of 2003 the population is 28,899, and the city covers an area of 28,76 km², of which 25% are orchards and lakes. The city is 25 km away from Suceava, the capital of the county...
- Synagogue of Fălticeni, 1890
- Great Synagogue, 1838–1854
- IaşiIasiIași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
- Cismarilor Synagogue
- Great Synagogue (Iaşi)Great Synagogue (Iaşi)The Great Synagogue of Iaşi was built in 1671 and is the oldest surviving synagogue in Romania. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments....
, 1671 - Merarilor Synagogue, (19th century)
- TecuciTecuciTecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania , situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galaţi, Bârlad and Mărăşeşti.-History:...
- Synagogue of Gh. Asachi street http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-tecuci.php
- Synagogue of Bran street
- Vatra DorneiVatra DorneiVatra Dornei is a city and a spa and ski resort in the north of Romania, in Suceava County. The city administers three villages: Argestru, Roşu and Todireni.Until the 1950s it had a mixed population of Romanians, Ukrainians, Jews and Germans...
- Synagogue of Luceafărul street
- Great temple, 1898–1902
- Other towns
- Synagogue "Ahai Vereai", FocşaniFocsaniFocşani is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the shores the Milcov river, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population of 101,854.-Geography:...
, 1889 - Croitorilor Synagogue ("Poale Tedek" Synagogue ), RomanRoman, RomaniaRoman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....
, 1850 - Wooden Synagogue (Central Synagogue) of Piatra NeamţPiatra NeamtPiatra Neamț , , ; is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania...
, 1766, http://www.neamt.ro/Info_utile/Obiective/Sinagoga.htm - Synagogue of Bârlad, 1789
- Synagogue of BuhuşiBuhusiBuhuşi is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of about 18,980. It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodeşti" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuş". Lucian Predescu Buhuşi is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of...
(Curtea Rabinică), http://www.bacau.djc.ro/ObiectiveDetalii.aspx?ID=232&lacas=true - Synagogue of DorohoiDorohoiDorohoi is a city in the Botoşani County, Romania, on the right bank of the Jijia River, which broadens into a lake on the north.Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; merchants from the neighboring states flocked to its great fair, held on...
, 1790 - Synagogue of HuşiHusiHuși is a city in Vaslui County, Romania, former capital of the disbanded Fălciu County in the historical region of Moldavia, Romanian Orthodox episcopal see, and home of some of the best vineyards of Romania. The city is located on a branch of the Iaşi-Galaţi railway, nine miles west of the Prut...
, 1860 - Synagogue of Odobeşti, BacăuOdobesti, BacauOdobeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Băluşa, Ciutureşti, Odobeşti and Tisa-Silvestri. These were part of Secuieni Commune until 2005, when they were split off to form a separate commune....
- Synagogue of SăveniSaveniSăveni is a small town located in Botoşani County in the Moldavia region in northeastern Romania. It has a population of 8,685. There is an archaeology museum located in the town....
- Synagogue of VasluiVasluiVaslui , a city in eastern Romania, is the seat of Vaslui County, in the historical region of Moldavia.The city administers five villages: Bahnari, Brodoc, Moara Grecilor, Rediu and Viişoara.-History:...
- Gah Synagogue, SuceavaSuceavaSuceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...
- Leipziger Synagogue, RomanRoman, RomaniaRoman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....
- Great Synagogue of Câmpulung MoldovenescCâmpulung MoldovenescCâmpulung Moldovenesc is a city located in Suceava County, which is in the historical Bukovina region of Moldavia in North Eastern Romania...
, 1874 - Great Synagogue of Gura HumoruluiGura HumoruluiGura Humorului is a town located in northern Romania, Suceava County in southern Bukovina. Until 1918 it was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and formed a shtetl...
, 1860 - Great Synagogue of HârlăuHârlauHârlău is a town in Iaşi County, Moldavia, Romania. the estimated population is 11,271. It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.-Population:...
, 1812 – 1814 - Great Synagogue of SuceavaSuceavaSuceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...
- Meseriaşilor Synagogue, Târgu NeamţTârgu NeamtTârgu Neamţ is a town in Neamţ County, Romania, on the Neamţ River. It had, , a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humuleşti and Humuleştii Noi.- History :...
, 1870 - Great Temple, RădăuţiRadautiRădăuţi is a municipality in Suceava County, Romania with a population of 27,759 inhabitants.-Geography and demographics:Rădăuţi is situated in Bucovina, northern Moldavia, on a plain between the Suceava and Suceviţa rivers, north from Suceava, at 375 m altitude...
, 1879 - Great Temple, Siret, Suceava, 1840
- Meseriaşilor Temple, GalaţiGalatiGalați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....
, 1896
- Synagogue "Ahai Vereai", Focşani
MunteniaMunteniaMuntenia is a historical province of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper . It is situated between the Danube , the Carpathian Mountains and Moldavia , and the Olt River to the west...
- BrăilaBrailaBrăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...
- Synagogue, 1962
- Great Synagogue http://www.jewishgen.org/romsig/New/pics/PhotoAlbum/Braila%20-%20Shule.jpg
- Other towns:
- Synagogue of Piteşti, 1919–1925 http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-pitesti.php
- Synagogue of Râmnicu SăratRâmnicu SaratRâmnicu Sărat is a city in Buzău County, Romania. It was declared a municipality in 1439. On December 21, 1994 it celebrated its 555th anniversary....
, 1855 - Synagogue of TârgovişteTârgovisteTârgoviște is a city in the Dâmbovița county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. , it had an estimated population of 89,000. One village, Priseaca, is administered by the city.-Name:...
- Great Synagogue of PloieştiPloiestiPloiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
(Beth Israel), 1794–1795 http://www.geocities.com/comunitateaevreilorploiesti/Synagogue.htm - Temple of BuzăuBuzauThe city of Buzău is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.The city's name dates back to 376 AD when the name...
, 1855
OlteniaOlteniaOltenia is a historical province and geographical region of Romania, in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt river ....
- Drobeta Turnu Severin
- Ashkenazi Synagogue
- Synagogue http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-turnu-severin.php
- Other towns
- Synagogue of CaracalCaracalThe caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
, 1902 - Coral Temple of CraiovaCraiovaCraiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...
, 1829
- Synagogue of Caracal
TransylvaniaTransylvaniaTransylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
- BraşovBrasovBrașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
- Synagogue (Jewish temple) 1898 – 1901 http://www.brasovean.ro/pro_0002438_0000750.html
- Orthodox Synagogue 1877 http://www.brasovean.ro/pro_0002443_0000750.html
- Cluj-NapocaCluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
- Synagogue of Cluj
- Synagogue of George Bariţiu street
- Reformed SynagogueCluj-Napoca Reformed SynagogueThe Neologue Synagogue in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is the city's only working synagogue, serving the local Jewish community.Located on Horea Street, it was built based on the plans of Izidor Hegner, an engineer, between 1886 and 1887...
(Sinagoga Neologă, Templul deportaţilor, 1886, partially rebuilt in 1927, 1944) - "Şas Hevra" Temple, 1922
- Other towns
- Synagogue of BistriţaBistritaBistrița is the capital city of Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistriţa River. The city has a population of approximately 80,000 inhabitants, and it administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătiniţa, Unirea and Viişoara.-History:The earliest sign of...
, 1856 - Synagogue of BorsecBorsecBorsec is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town and the surrounding areas are well known for their spas and mineral waters.-History:...
- Synagogue of GheorgheniGheorgheniGheorgheni is a city in Harghita County, Romania.It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages:*Covacipeter / Kovácspéter*Lacu Roşu / Gyilkostó*Vargatac / Vargatag*Visafolio / Visszafolyó...
, 1927–1928 - Synagogue of GherlaGherlaGherla is a city in Cluj County, Romania . It is located 45 km from Cluj-Napoca on the Someşul Mic River, and has a population of 24,083....
, 1911 http://www.121.ro/content/show_article.php3?article_id=3938&page_nr=1 - Synagogue of HaţegHategHațeg is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 12,507. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad, Silvașu de Jos and Silvașu de Sus.Țara Hațegului is the region around Hațeg town...
, 1884 - Synagogue of JibouJibouJibou is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2004 it had a population of 11,658.Jibou is 20 km by road northwest of Zalău, close to the Someş River. Its major attractions are the old Wesselényi house, Botanical Gardens and spa baths...
- Synagogue of MediaşMediasMediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...
, 1896 - Synagogue of PloieştiPloiestiPloiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
- Synagogue of OrăştieOrastieOrăștie is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania.-History:7th–9th century – on the site of an old swamp , which today is the old center of town, it was a human settlement whose traces have been scattered into the X-th century by the construction of the first...
, 1878 - Synagogue of SibiuSibiuSibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
, 1898–1899 http://www.judaica.ro/monumente-sibiu.php - Synagogue of SighişoaraSighisoaraSighişoara is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 27,706 ....
, 1903 - Synagogue of TârnăveniTârnaveniTârnăveni is a city and municipality in central Romania, Mureş County. It lies on the Târnava Mică River in central Transylvania. The city administers three villages: Bobohalma, Botorca and Cuştelnic; the last was part of Găneşti Commune until 2002....
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=8792&subForumID=8769&action=viewTopic&commentID=3485328&commentPage=0&topicPage= - Synagogue of TurdaTurdaTurda is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.- Ancient times :The city was founded by Dacians under the name Patavissa or Potaissa...
, 1926 - Synagogue of Şimleul Silvaniei
- Great Synagogue of Târgu Mureş http://Synagogue.netsoft.ro/
- Old Synagogue, Alba IuliaAlba IuliaAlba Iulia is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,747, located on the Mureş River. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1541 and 1690 it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania...
- "Înfrăţirea" Temple of DejDejDej is a city in northwestern Romania, 60 km north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the Someşul Mic River meets the river Someşul Mare River...
, 1907 - Great Temple of DevaDeva, RomaniaDeva is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the Mureș River. It is the capital of Hunedoara County.-Name:...
, 1896
- Synagogue of Bistriţa
External links
- www.romanianjewish.org – Images of synagogues in Romania.