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The Leopoldstädter Tempel was the largest synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
 of Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt

Leopoldstadt is Vienna's second district. There are 90,914 inhabitants over 19.27 km?. It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau , forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube....
. It was also known as the Israelitische Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt. It was built in 1858 in a Moorish Revival
Moorish Revival

Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the Romanticist Orientalism....
 style by the architect Ludwig Förster
Ludwig Förster

Ludwig Christian Friedrich F?rster was a German-born Austrians architect.Ludwig F?rster studied in Munich and Vienna. He founded the Allgemeine Bauzeitung in 1836....
. The tripartite facade of the Leopoldstädter with its tall central section flanked by lower wings on each side becam e the model for numerous Moorish Revival synagogues, including the Spanish Synagogue
Spanish Synagogue

File:Spanish Synagogue2.jpgThe Spanish Synagogue is a Moorish Revival synagogue built in Prague in 1868 to the design of Vojtech Ign?tz Ullmann....
 in Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 and the Tempel Synagogue
Tempel Synagogue

The Tempel Synagogue is a Reform Judaism synagogue in Krak?w, Poland, in the Kazimierz district. The Moorish Revival building was designed by :pl:Ignacy Hercok, and built in 1860-1862 along Miodowa Street....
 in Krakow
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
.

It was destroyed during the Reichskristallnacht on November 10, 1938.






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The Leopoldstädter Tempel was the largest synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
 of Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt

Leopoldstadt is Vienna's second district. There are 90,914 inhabitants over 19.27 km?. It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau , forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube....
. It was also known as the Israelitische Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt. It was built in 1858 in a Moorish Revival
Moorish Revival

Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the Romanticist Orientalism....
 style by the architect Ludwig Förster
Ludwig Förster

Ludwig Christian Friedrich F?rster was a German-born Austrians architect.Ludwig F?rster studied in Munich and Vienna. He founded the Allgemeine Bauzeitung in 1836....
. The tripartite facade of the Leopoldstädter with its tall central section flanked by lower wings on each side becam e the model for numerous Moorish Revival synagogues, including the Spanish Synagogue
Spanish Synagogue

File:Spanish Synagogue2.jpgThe Spanish Synagogue is a Moorish Revival synagogue built in Prague in 1868 to the design of Vojtech Ign?tz Ullmann....
 in Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 and the Tempel Synagogue
Tempel Synagogue

The Tempel Synagogue is a Reform Judaism synagogue in Krak?w, Poland, in the Kazimierz district. The Moorish Revival building was designed by :pl:Ignacy Hercok, and built in 1860-1862 along Miodowa Street....
 in Krakow
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
.

It was destroyed during the Reichskristallnacht on November 10, 1938. A memorial plaque on the site reads in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 (and Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
):

"Hier befand sich der Leopoldstädter Tempel, der im Jahre 1858 nach Plänen von Architekt Leopold Förster im maurischen Stil errichtet und am 10. November 1938 in der sogenannten "Reichskristallnacht" von den nationalsozialistischen Barbaren bis auf die Grundmauern zerstört wurde. -Israelische Kultusgemeinde Wien" (Here stood the Leopoldstädter Tempel, built in 1858 in moorish style to the plans of architect Leopold Förster, and destroyed down to the foundations on the so-called "Night of Broken Glass" 10 November 1938 by National Socialist barbarians).

Famous members

  • Joseph Goldstein
    Joseph Goldstein

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    , who was cantor
    Hazzan

    A hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish cantor, a musician trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the synagogue in songful prayer.There are many rules relating to how a cantor should lead services, but the idea of a cantor as a paid professional does not exist in classical rabbinic sources....
     at the synagogue


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See also

  • History of the Jews in Austria
    History of the Jews in Austria

    The Jews of Austria are an ancient Jewish community who are from the territory of the modern state of Austria, which apparently originated from the History of ancient Israel and Judah#Roman occupation....
  • Stadttempel
    Stadttempel

    The Stadttempel is the main synagogue of Vienna, Austria. It is located in the 1st Districts of Vienna , at Seitenstettengasse 4.The synagogue was constructed from 1825 to 1826 by the Viennese architect Joseph Kornh?usel in elegant Biedermeier style....
  • Synagogues built in the Moorish Revival
    Moorish Revival

    Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the Romanticist Orientalism....
     style:
    • Dohány Street Synagogue
      Dohány Street Synagogue

      The Great Synagogue in Doh?ny Street, also known as Doh?ny Street Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzs?betv?ros, the 7th district of Budapest....
      , Budapest
      Budapest

      Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
      , Hungary
      Hungary

      Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    • Central Synagogue
      Central Synagogue

      The Central Synagogue is located at 652 Lexington Avenue on the corner of 55th Street , Manhattan, New York City, New York. Built in 1872 in the Moorish Revival style as a copy of Budapest's Doh?ny Street Synagogue , it pays homage to the Jewish existence in Moorish Spain ....
      , New York
      New York

      The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
      , USA


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