Końskie Synagogue

Końskie Synagogue
The former synagogue, c.1930
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (17801939)
StatusDestroyed
Location
LocationBóżnicza Street, Końskie, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
CountryPoland
Location of the destroyed synagogue
in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates51°11′30″N 20°24′22″E / 51.19166°N 20.40607°E / 51.19166; 20.40607
Architecture
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleWooden
Date established1748 (as a congregation)
Completed1780
DestroyedSeptember 1939
Specifications
Direction of façadeNorth
Length19 m (62 ft)
Width16 m (52 ft)
Width (nave)11 m (36 ft)
MaterialsTimber (larch)

The Końskie Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Bóżnicza Street (currently on the corner of Kaznowskiego and Piłsudskiego Streets), in Końskie, in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of Poland. Completed in 1780 in what was then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the large wooden synagogue, one of the first large synagogues of its kind built at the invitation of the King of Poland, served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in September 1939, soon after their conquest of the town.