Modus: Prace z historii sztuki (16.2016)

S U M M A RY Architectural form of non existing synagogue in Koniecpol did not stand out
among a large group of i9th-century neoclassical synagogues in former territory of Polish
Commonwealth. But, because of a smali amount of research materiał (most of i9th-century
synagogues vanished during ii w w and the Communist period) the possibility of recon-
struction its architectural form can be helpful in In the study of Jewish architecture. So far
in the scientific literaturę an opinion existed, that the synagogue in Koniecpol was erected
in the mid nineteenth century. Insightful research has led to the correction of this informa-
tion and moved the moment of the synagogues founding in its finał form to the nineties
of the nineteenth century
By conducting a comparative analysis of other synagogues with the spatial arrangement
and architectonic decoration similar to the synagogue in Koniecpol, located in the Southern
part of Congress Poland we can mark a linę of development of the type of a synagogue with
longitudinal section and a faęade in the form of a portico. It also led us to determine the
original pattern, which turned out to be a project created by Piotr Chrystian Aigner.
The problem of classical motifs in synagogue architecture in this area has not been suf-
ficiently studied, primarily because of the smali group of preserved buildings. Therefore,
the following article is not only a monographic work of the history of the synagogue in
Koniecpol. It constitutes a basis for researching the architectonic type, widely represented
in the i9th-century synagogue architecture in the Polish lands. #
Translated by Kinga Migalska

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