List of synagogues in Slovakia

One of the many synagogues in Slovakia: the Vrbove synagogue (built in 1883)

This list of synagogues in Slovakia contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Slovakia. The list of Slovakian synagogues is not necessarily complete, as only a negligible number of sources testify to the existence of some synagogues.

In all cases the year of the completion of the building is given. Italics indicate an approximate date.

## Bratislavský kraj

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Bratislava | Bratislava Neolog Synagogue | 1893  | 1967  | Demolished when building new roads  |
Bratislava | Bratislava New Orthodox Synagogue | 1926  | Stand  | Other name: Heydukova Street Synagogue. |
Bratislava | Bratislava Old Orthodox Synagogue | 1863  | 1961  | Destroyed  | [1]
Gajary | Gajary Synagogue | 1875
Second half of 19th century  | 1950 | Demolished after WW2  | [2]
Galanta | Galanta Synagogue | 1899  | 1975 | Destroyed in the 1970s.  | [3]
Malacky | Malacky Synagogue | 1886  | Stand  | Used as an art school  |
Modra | Modra Synagogue | 1902  | Stand  |  |
Pezinok | Pezinok Synagogue | 1872  | 1958  | Destroyed.  | [4]
Rohožník | Rohožník Synagogue | 1850 | Stand  | Today warehouse  |
Senec | Senec Synagogue | 1875
Last quarter of 19th century  | Stand  | Is empty  |
Stupava | Stupava Synagogue | 1803  | Stand  |  |
Svätý Jur | Svätý Jur Synagogue | 1790 | Stand  | Almost decay today  |
Záhorská Ves | Záhorská Ves Synagogue | ?  | 1944 | Destroyed during WW II[1] | [5]

## Trnavský kraj

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Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda Adas-Israel Synagogue | 1927  | 1955 | Destroyed in the 1950s  |
Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda Great Synagogue | 1865  | 1955 | Destroyed in the 1950s  | [6]
Hlohovec | Hlohovec Synagogue | 1891  | 1960  | Destroyed.  | [7]
Holíč | Holíč Synagogue | 1750
Built in the 18th century  | 1950 | Destroyed after WWII  |
Piešťany | Neolog Synagogue Piešťany | 1904  | 1979  | Destroyed.  |
Šamorín | Šamorín Synagogue | 1912  | Stand  | Renovated; Art gallery  |
Senica | Senica Synagogue | 1866  | 1988  | Destroyed.  | [8]
Sereď | Sereď Synagogue | 1925
Built in the 1920s  | 2001  | Destroyed.  | [9]
Trnava | Trnava Orthodox Synagogue | 1892  | Stand  | Today cafe and cultural center  |
Trnava  | Trnava Status Quo Ante Synagogue | 1897  | Stand  | Today art gallery and Judaica exhibition  |
Veľký Meder | Veľký Meder Synagogue | 1875
Built in the 1870s  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  | [10]
Vrbové | Vrbové Synagogue | 1883  | Stand  | Is empty  |

## Trenčiansky kraj

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Location  | Name  | Built  | Destroyed  | Remarks  | Picture

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Bánovce nad Bebravou | Bánovce nad Bebravou Synagogue | 1862  | Stand  | Today Lutheran church  |
Čachtice | Čachtice Synagogue | 1830
In first half of 19th century  | 1955  | Destroyed.  |
Lúky | Lúky Synagogue | 1872  | 1945  | Destroyed.  | [11]
Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Nové Mesto nad Váhom Synagogue | 1815
First third of 19th century.  | 1955  | Destroyed.  | [12]
Považská Bystrica | Považská Bystrica Synagogue | 1893  | Stand  |  | [13]
Prievidza | Prievidza Synagogue | 1868  | 1980  | Destroyed.  |
Púchov | Púchov Synagogue | 1868  | 1988  | Destroyed.  | [14]
Trenčianska Teplá | Trenčianska Teplá Synagogue | ?  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [15]
Trencianske Teplice | Trencianske Teplice Synagogue | 1866  | 1950 | Destroyed after WWII  | [16]
Trenčín | Trenčín Old Synagogue | 1795 | 1913  | Razed when new synagogue was built.  |
Trenčín | Trenčín Synagogue | 1913  | Stand  | Today cultural center  |

## Nitriansky kraj

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Location  | Name  | Built  | Destroyed  | Remarks  | Picture

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Bojná | Bojná Synagogue | 1878
Before 1880.  |  | Part used as bar. Up for sale in June 2020[2] |
Bošáca | Bošáca Synagogue | 1890
End of 19th century  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [17]
Dubník | Dubník Synagogue | ?  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [18]
Hurbanovo | Hurbanovo Synagogue | 1880  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [19]
Kolárovo | Kolárovo Synagogue | 1875
2nd half of 19th century  | 1950 | Destroyed after WWII  | [20]
Komárno | Komárno Neolog Synagogue | 1863  | Stand  | Today fitness center  |
Komárno | Komárno Synagogue | 1894  | Stand  |  |
Komárno | Komárno Former Synagogue | 1827  | Stand  | Synagogue till 1863, today restaurant and bar  |
Levice | Levice Synagogue | 1853  | Stand  | Renovated and since 2012 culture house  |
Nitra | Nitra Synagogue | 1911  | Stand  | Used as a cultural center  |
Nitra-Párovce | Nitra-Párovce Synagogue | 1850
Built in 19th century  | 1975 | Destroyed in the 1970s  |
Nové Zámky | Nové Zámky Neolog Synagogue | 1859
2nd half of 19th century  | 1945  | Heavily damaged during WWII and later razed.  | [21]
Nové Zámky | Nové Zámky Orthodox Synagogue | 1880  | Stand  | Used as a cultural center  |
Pribeta | Pribeta Synagogue | 1850
in 19th century  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  | [22]
Šahy | Šahy Status Quo Ante Synagogue | 1852  | Stand  | Renovated; Art gallery  |
Šahy | Šahy Orthodox Synagogue | 1929  | Stand  | Underwent reconstruction after WW II  |
Šaľa | Šaľa Synagogue | 1896  | 1965 | Destroyed.  | [23]
Štúrovo | Štúrovo Synagogue | 1926  | Stand  | Strongly altered after WW II  | [24]
Šurany | Šurany Synagogue | 1916  | Stand  | Today museum, cultural center  |
Topoľčany | Topoľčany Synagogue | 1850
19th century  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  | [25]
Veľké Ripňany | Veľké Ripňany Synagogue | 1904[3] | 1953[4] | Destroyed.  | [26]
Vráble | Vráble Synagogue | 1870  | 1989  | Destroyed.  | [27]
Želiezovce | Želiezovce Synagogue | ?  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [28]
Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce Synagogue | 1927  | Stand  | In 1951 changed to a gym  | [29]

## Žilinský kraj

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Bytča | Bytča Synagogue | 1886  | Stand  | In a bad condition. To be renovated.  |
Čadca | Čadca Synagogue | 1864  | 1972  | Demolished  | [30]
Dolný Kubín | Dolný Kubín Synagogue | 1893  | Stand  | Strongly altered, today cinema.  | [31]
Liptovský Hrádok | Liptovský Hrádok Synagogue | 1875
Second half of 19th century  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  |
Liptovský Mikuláš | Liptovský Mikuláš Synagogue | 1846  | Stand  | Renovated, used for exhibitions  |
Martin | Martin Synagogue | 1884
last quarter of 19th century  | 1974  | Destroyed.  | [32]
Ružomberok | Ružomberok Synagogue | 1880  | Stand  | Today culture house  |
Slanica | Slanica Synagogue | 1850
in 19th century  | 1950 | Destroyed around 1950  |
Trstená | Trstená Synagogue | 1839  | Stand  | Now shops inside  |
Turany | Turany Synagogue | 1800[5] | 1980 | Destroyed after 1980  | [33]
Turčianske Teplice | Turčianske Teplice Synagogue | ?  | 1945 | Destroyed after 1945.  | [34]
Turzovka | Turzovka Synagogue | 1898
started 1895  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [35]
Tvrdošín | Tvrdošín Synagogue | 1895  | Stand  | Strongly altered, night bar.  | [36]
Varín | Varín Synagogue | ?  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  | [37]
Veličná | Veličná Synagogue | ?  | 1943 | Wooden synagogue.  |
Vrútky | Vrútky Synagogue | 1910  |  | Stand  |
Žilina | Žilina New Synagogue | 1931  | Stand  | 1945–2010 used as a theater, concert hall and cinema; renovated from 2011  |
Žilina | Žilina Old Synagogue | 1865  | 1928  | Demolished to give way for new synagogue.  | [38]

## Banskobystrický kraj

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Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Synagogue | 1867  | 1983  | Destroyed.  | [39]
Banská Štiavnica | Banská Štiavnica Synagogue | 1893  | Stand  | Renovated  |
Brezno | Brezno Synagogue | 1902  | Stand  | Belonged to the neolog community.  |
Detva | Detva Synagogue | ?  | Stand  | Widely rebuild; today a cinema  | [40]
Fiľakovo | Fiľakovo Synagogue | 1873[6] | 1950  | Damaged in 1944, demolished in 1950 or 1960.  |
Halič | Halič Synagogue | 1872
2nd half of 19th century.  | Stand  | Now the church of the Lutheran congregation  |
Kokava nad Rimavicou | Kokava nad Rimavicou Synagogue | 1900[7] | Stand  | Now cultural centre  |
Kremnica | Kremnica Synagogue | 1890  | 1944 | Destroyed during WW II.  | [41]
Lučenec | Lučenec Neolog Synagogue | 1925  | Stand  | Renovated, cultural center  |
Lučenec | Lučenec Old Neolog Synagogue | 1863  | 1923  | Razed to give way to new Neolog Synagogue.  |
Lučenec | Lučenec Orthodox Synagogue | 1867  | 1969  | Destroyed.  | [42]
Rimavská Seč | Rimavská Seč Orthodox Synagogue | 1900 | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II  | [43]
Rimavská Sobota | Rimavská Sobota Orthodox Synagogue | 1868  | 1986  | Destroyed.  | [44]
Tornala | Tornala Orthodox Synagogue | 1890  | 1989  | Destroyed after WW II  | [45]
Tornala | Tornala Neolog Synagogue | 1927?  | Stand  | Not in use.  | [46]
Zvolen | Zvolen Synagogue | 1895  | Stand  | Strongly altered after WW II, not in use  |
Žiar nad Hronom | Žiar nad Hronom Synagogue | 1888  | Stand  | Reconstructed. Not in use.  | [47]

## Prešovský kraj

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Bardejov | Bardejov Old Synagogue | 1836  | Stand  | Renovated  |
Bardejov  | Chevra-Bikur-Cholim Synagogue | 1929  | Stand  | Interior almost completely preserved  |
Brezovica | Brezovica Synagogue | 1870  | 1965  | Destroyed.  |
Giraltovce | Giraltovce Synagogue | 1850
in 19th century.  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  |
Humenné | Humenné Old Synagogue | 1795
in the 1790s  | 1975 | Destroyed in the 1970s.  | [48]
Humenné | Humenné New Synagogue | 1930  | 1975 | Destroyed in the 1970s.  | [49]
Huncovce | Huncovce Synagogue | 1825  | Stand  | Today it is a textile storehouse.  | [50]
Kapušany | Kapušany Synagogue | 1891  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  | [51]
Kežmarok | Kežmarok Synagogue | 1875
2nd half of 19th century.  | 1955 | Destroyed in the 1950s.  | [52]
Kurima | Kurima Synagogue | 1850
in 19th century.  | 1950 | Destroyedafter WW II.  |
Levoča | Levoča Synagogue | 1899  | 1975 | Destroyed in the 1970s.  | [53]
Lipany | Lipany Synagogue | 1929  | Stand  | Fully altered and now office premises.  | [54]
Ľubotice | Lubotice Synagogue | 1833  | Stand  | now used by Greek-Catholic church  |
Podolínec | Podolínec Synagogue | 1885
in last quarter of 19th century.  | 1988  | Destroyed.  |
Prešov | Prešov Neolog Synagogue | 1887  | Stand  | Used as a furniture store  |
Prešov  | Prešov Orthodox Synagogue | 1898  | Stand  |  |
Prešov  | Prešov Klaus Synagogue | 1935  | Stand  | Rented as an office by the Jewish community  |
Raslavice | Raslavice Synagogue | 1930
in 1930s.  | Stand  | Example of modern architecture in the interwar period. Today warehouse  |
Sabinov | Sabinov Synagogue | 1864  | 1945[8] | Burnt down by Germans in January 1945.  | [55]
Spišské Podhradie | Spišské Podhradie Synagogue | 1875  | Stand  | Today culture house  |
Stará Ľubovňa | Stará Ľubovňa Synagogue | 1930
in the 1920s or 1930s.  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  |
Stropkov | Stropkov Synagogue | 1894  | 1985 | Destroyed in the 1980s.  |
Vranov nad Topľou | Vranov nad Topľou Synagogue | 1924  | 1982  | Destroyed.  | [56]

## Košický kraj

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Čaňa | Čaňa Synagogue | ?  | Stand  | Now used as a cinema and shop.  | [57]
Gelnica | Gelnica Synagogue | 1910
begin of 20th century.  | 1939  | Destroyed by local German population  | [58]
Košice | Košice Status Quo Ante Synagogue | 1866  | 1958  | Destroyed.  | [59]
Košice | Košice Orthodox Synagogue | 1899  | Stand  |  |
Košice | Košice Hassidic Synagogue | 1920  | Stand  |  |
Košice | Košice New Orthodox Synagogue | 1927  | Stand  |  |
Košice  | Košice Neolog Synagogue | 1927  | Stand  | Now Philharmonic  |
Kráľovský Chlmec | Kráľovský Chlmec Synagogue | 1850  | Stand  | Is empty  |
Krompachy | Krompachy Synagogue | ?  | ?  | Destroyed.  | [60]
Michalovce | Michalovce Synagogue | 1888  | 1976  | Destroyed.  | [61]
Plešivec | Plešivec Orthodox Synagogue | 1906 | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  | [62]
Pribeník | Pribeník Synagogue | 1910
early 20th century  | Stand  | Used for cultural purposes.  |
Rožňava | Rožňava Neolog Synagogue | 1893  | 1958 | Destroyed.  | [63]
Sečovce | Sečovce Synagogue | 1904  | 1960 | Destroyed sometime after WW II.  | [64]
Somotor | Somotor Synagogue | 1890  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  |
Spišská Nová Ves | Spišská Nová Ves Synagogue | 1899  | 1941  | Destroyed.  | [65]
Trebišov | Trebišov Synagogue | 1905  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  | [66]
Veľké Kapušany | Veľké Kapušany Synagogue | 1891  | 1950 | Destroyed after WW II.  | [67]

## References

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1. ^ "Záhorská Ves synagogue - Google Search".
2. ^ "Another empty synagogue for sale — this time in a Slovak village, Bojna". 9 June 2020.
3. ^ Spector, Shmuel; Wigoder, Geoffrey (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: Seredina-Buda-Z. ISBN 9780814793787.
4. ^ "Veľké Ripňany: JRD potrebovalo stavebný materiál, zbúralo synagógu".
5. ^ "Genealogy - Tourist Guide - Slovakia - Kosice - Bratislava - Guide to Travel Trip Hotel Info Roots Forum Church Birth Records of Slovakia".
6. ^ "Jüdische Gemeinde - Fileck/Filakovo (Slowakei)". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
7. ^ "Synagogue in Kokava nad Rimavicou".
8. ^ "V Sabinove si 75 rokov od deportácií Židov pripomenuli kajúcou tryznou".

## Sources

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* Old postcards and pictures of synagogues in Slovakia – judaica.cz
* Maroš Borský: Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia Towards Creating a Memorial Landscape of Lost Community Dissertation: Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg 2005 including PDF-file with pictures, (last accessed 30. September 2020)
* http://judaica.cz/?page_id=2756
* http://judaica.cz/?page_id=8827
* http://judaica.cz/?page_id=8830
* http://judaica.cz/?page_id=2759
* http://judaica.cz/?page_id=2762
* https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/32579528.pdf

## Other literature

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* Pusztay Sándor: Zsinagógák Szlovákiában – Zsinagógák, zsidó temetők, emlékhelyek, Kornétás Kiadó, 2018, ISBN 9786155058929

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