Włodawa Synagogue

Włodawa Synagogue
(Great Synagogue)
Polish: Wlodowa Synagoga
(Polish: Wielka Synagoga)
The former Great Synagogue building in 2021
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism (former)
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
Status
  • Inactive (as a synagogue);
  • Repurposed
Location
Location5-7 Czerwonego Krzyża Street, Włodawa, Lublin Voivodeship
CountryPoland
Location of the synagogue complex in Lublin Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates51°33′01″N 23°33′02″E / 51.550278°N 23.550556°E / 51.550278; 23.550556
Architecture
Architect(s)Paolo Antonio Fontana (1774)
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleBaroque (Great and Small)
Date established1534 (as a congregation)
Groundbreaking
  • 1764 (Great)
  • 1782 (Small)
Completed
  • 1774 (Great)
  • 1786 (Small)
  • 1928 (community hall)
MaterialsBrick

The Włodawa Synagogue (Polish: Wlodowa Synagoga) is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue complex, located at 5-7 Czerwonego Krzyża Street, in Włodawa, in the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland. The synagogue complex comprises the Włodawa Great Synagogue (Polish: Wielka Synagoga), the Small Synagogue or Beit midrash, and a Jewish administrative building, all now preserved as a Jewish museum.

Designed by Paolo Antonio Fontana in the Baroque style and completed in 1774, the former Great Synagogue is preserved as a Jewish museum. The Small Synagogue, or Beit midrash, also in the Baroque style, was completed in 1786 and is preserved as a museum as well. The administrative community building was completed in 1928. The synagogue complex is "one of the best-preserved" synagogues in Poland.

Jewish immigrants from Włodawa established the Wlodowa Synagogue in London, England in 1901.