High Synagogue

The High Synagogue, also called the Vysoká Synagogue, the official name in Czech: Vysoká synagoga, also known under its German synonym die Hohesynagoge, or as בה"כ גבוה Bet HaKnesset Gvuah in Hebrew or הויכשול Hoykhshil in Yiddish, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Červená ulice, , in the .
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: synagogue
  • Also known as: “Hoge Synagoge (Praag)” and “די הוֹיכֶע שׁוּל”
  • Address: Praha

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Town Hall and Old New Synagogue.

Public building
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The in , , was constructed adjacent to the on the corner of Maiselova and Červená Ulice in 1586 in Renaissance style under the sponsorship of Mayor Mordechai Maisel.

Synagogue
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The , also called the Altneuschul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Josefov, , in the .

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The is a Jewish cemetery in , Czech Republic, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish Town and Stalin Monument.

Suburb
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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the .

Locality
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Stalin's Monument was a 15.5 m granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin in , Czechoslovakia. It was unveiled on 1 May 1955 after more than 5+1⁄2 years of work, and was the world's largest representation of Stalin. The sculpture was demolished in late 1962.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

High Synagogue

Latitude
50.08987° or 50° 5′ 24″ north
Longitude
14.41863° or 14° 25′ 7″ east
Inception
1577
Levels
5
Open location code
9F2P3CQ9+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27376007
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­synagogue
Wiki­data ID
Q1623546
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“High Synagogue” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “高大犹太会堂 (布拉格)”
  • Chinese: “高大犹太会堂”
  • Czech: “Vysoká synagoga”
  • Dutch: “Hoge Synagoge”
  • French: “Haute Synagogue (Prague)”
  • French: “Haute Synagogue”
  • German: “Hohe Synagoge (Prag)”
  • German: “Hohe Synagoge”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת הגבוה”
  • Hungarian: “Magas zsinagóga (Prága)”
  • Hungarian: “Magas zsinagóga”
  • Italian: “sinagoga Alta”
  • Italian: “Sinagoga Alta”
  • Japanese: “高等シナゴーグ”
  • Polish: “Synagoga Wysoka w Pradze”
  • Russian: “Высокая синагога”
  • Spanish: “Sinagoga Alta”
  • Vietnamese: “Hội đường Do thái cấp cao (Praha)”
  • Vietnamese: “Hội đường Do thái cấp cao”

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