Synagogue gallery

The building of the old synagogue was built in the 17th century in the Gothic-Renaissance style. At that time, however, there was already an older, so-called small synagogue in the immediate vicinity, of which there is currently only a torso. The oldest written mention of Jews in Velké Meziříčí dates back to 1518. The settlement did not develop further until after the Thirty Years' War. At that time, a Jewish magistrate, a rabbi is already known, Jews buy land on...