Trenčín Synagogue

The Trenčín Synagogue (Slovak: Synagóga v Trenčíne) is a cultural centre and former Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue in the city of Trenčín in Slovakia. The building is a Cultural Heritage Monument of Slovakia.

The Jewish population of the city was around 2000 members.^[1] In 1913, the Jewish community built the building on the site of a previous wooden synagogue from 1781. In 1941, it was damaged by the Slovak Hlinka Guard.^[2] After the war, the building became property of the state and was used as a storage facility. Jews from the city prayed in a room nearby. It was renovated at the end of the 1970's and is now a cultural centre.

1. ^ "Trenčín".
2. ^ http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/5839/2/Borsky_Maros_Synagogue_Architecture_in_Slovakia_text_for_www.pdf Dissertation an der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien 2005, p 149–150