List of synagogues in Romania
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This list of synagogues in Romania contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Romania. The list of Romanian synagogues is not necessarily complete, as only a negligible number of sources testify to the existence of some synagogues.
Banat
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Timișoara | Cetate Synagogue | 1863–1865 | stand | Building in neglected condition. It is in the city was included on the list of historical monuments in Timiș County in 2004. | ![]() |
Timișoara | Fabric Synagogue | 1897–1899 | stand | It is in a very dilapidated condition. | ![]() |
Timișoara | Iosefin Synagogue[1] | 1910 | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | ![]() |
Timișoara | Timișoara Orthodox Synagogue | 19th century | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | |
Timișoara | Synagogue of Cuza Vodă street | 1843 | ? | No more information about it. | |
Caransebeș | Caransebeș Synagogue | 1893 | stand | In 2004 the synagogue was declared a historical monument. It is still open, sometimes organized organ concerts. | ![]() |
Lugoj | Lugoj Synagogue[2] | 1843 | stand | Other name: Small Synagogue. | ![]() |
Reșița | Reșița Synagogue | 1907–1910 | stand | Building in neglected condition. | ![]() |
Balinț | Balinț Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [1] |
Sânnicolau Mare | Sânnicolau Mare Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [2] |
Buziaș | Buziaș Synagogue | 1886 | ? | No more information about it. | [3] |
Făget | Făget Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [4] |
Bucharest
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Arad | Arad Neolog Synagogue | 1827–1834 | stand | ![]() | |
Arad | Arad Orthodox Synagogue | 1920 | |||
Oradea | Oradea Orthodox Synagogue[3] | 1890 | stand | ![]() | |
Oradea | Oradea Sion Synagogue[4] | 1878 | stand | A monumental building in good condition. Other name: Oradea Neolog Synagogue. | |
Oradea | Parasita Synagogue | c. 19th century | stand | It is in an extremely dilapidated condition. | ![]() |
Zalău | Zalău Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [5] |
Suplacu de Barcău | Suplacu de Barcău Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [6] |
Sântana | Sântana Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [7] |
Sebiș | Sebiș Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [8] |
Săvârșin | Săvârșin Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [9] |
Salonta | Salonta Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. [10] | ![]() |
Săcueni | Săcueni Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [11] |
Pecica | Pecica Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [12] |
Pâncota | Pâncota Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [13] |
Marghita | Marghita Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [14] |
Diosig | Diosig Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [15] |
Cermei | Cermei Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [16] |
Gurahonț | Gurahonț Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [17] |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Babadag | Babadag Synagogue | 1893 | ? | No more information about it. | |
Tulcea | Tulcea Synagogue | 1888 | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | [18] |
Constanța | Great Synagogue | 1911 | stand | It is in an extremely dilapidated condition. | |
Constanța | Sephardic Temple | 1905–1908 | 1989 | The sephardic synagogue was heavily damaged during the Second World War when it was used as an ammunition warehouse, later further damaged by an earthquake, and was demolished under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. | ![]() |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Satu Mare | Synagogue of Țibleș street | 1912 | ? | No more information about it. | |
Satu Mare | Satu Mare Status Quo Synagogue | 1889–1892 | after 1945 | It will be demolished sometime after 1945. | ![]() |
Satu Mare | Satu Mare Synagogue | 1889 | stand | Other name: Great Temple, Decebal Street Syangogue. | ![]() |
Satu Mare | Talmud Tora Synagogue | 1927 | stand | Next to Great Temple of Satu Mare. | ![]() |
Baia Mare | Baia Mare Synagogue | 1885 | stand | The building is not in good condition. | |
Seini | Seini Synagogue | 1904 | stand | The building is not in good condition. | ![]() |
Sighetu Marmaţiei | Vijnițer Klaus Temple | 1885 | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | |
Carei | Carei Synagogue | 1866 | stand | The building is not in good condition. | ![]() |
Carei | Carei Orthodox Synagogue[5] | destroyed | |||
Vișeu de Sus | Vișeu de Sus Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [19] |
Tășnad | Tășnad Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [20] |
Halmeu | Halmeu Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [21] |
Orașu Nou | Orașu Nou Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [22] |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Bacău | Synagogue Rabin Avram Arie Rosen | ? | stand | [23] | |
Bacău | Cerealiștilor Temple | 1906 | stand | ![]() | |
Botoșani | Synagogue "Hoihe Sil" | 1834 | ? | [24] | |
Botoșani | Yiddish Synagogue of Botoșani | ? | stand | [25] | |
Fălticeni | Fălticeni Synagogue | 1890 | ? | ||
Fălticeni | Fălticeni Great Synagogue | 1838–1854 | stand | The building is not in good condition. | ![]() |
Iași | Cismarilor Synagogue | 19th century | stand | It is in a very dilapidated condition. | ![]() |
Iași | Great Synagogue | 1671 | stand | ![]() | |
Iași | Merarilor Synagogue | 1865 | stand | ![]() | |
Tecuci | Synagogue of Gh. Asachi street[6] | c. 1840 | stand | [26] | |
Tecuci | Synagogue of Bran street | ? | ? | ||
Vatra Dornei | Synagogue of Luceafărul street | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Vatra Dornei | Vatra Dornei Great temple | 1898–1902 | stand | Ruined building. | ![]() |
Focșani | "Ahai Vereai" Synagogue | 1889 | ? | stand | [27] |
Roman | Croitorilor Synagogue Synagogue | 1850 | ? | Other name: "Poale Tedek" Synagogue. | |
Roman | Leipziger Synagogue | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Piatra Neamț | Piatra Neamț Synagogue | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Piatra Neamț | Wooden Synagogue of Piatra Neamț[7] | 1766 | stand | Central Synagogue | ![]() |
Bârlad | Bârlad Synagogue | 1789 | stand | [28] | |
Buhuși | Buhuși Synagogue[8] | 1858 | stand | Other name: Curtea Rabinică | [29] |
Dorohoi | Dorohoi Synagogue | 1790 | stand | [30] | |
Huși | Huși Synagogue | 1860 | ? | [31] | |
Odobești | Odobești Synagogue | ? | stand | [32] | |
Săveni | Săveni Synagogue | ? | stand | [33] | |
Vaslui | Vaslui Synagogue | ? | stand | [34] | |
Suceava | Gah Synagogue | 1870 | stand | ![]() | |
Suceava | Ițcani Synagogue | 19th century | 2009 | By the early 2000s, only its walls remained. In 2009, these were also dismantled. | ![]() |
Câmpulung Moldovenesc | Câmpulung Moldovenesc Old Synagogue | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Câmpulung Moldovenesc | Great Synagogue of Câmpulung Moldovenesc | ? | stand | [35] | |
Câmpulung Moldovenesc | Gah Synagogue of Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 1874 | stand | ![]() | |
Gura Humorului | Great Synagogue of Gura Humorului | 1860 | stand | ![]() | |
Hârlău | Great Synagogue of Hârlău | 1812–1814 | stand | ![]() | |
Târgu Neamț | Meseriaşilor Synagogue | 1870 | stand | [36] | |
Rădăuți | Synagogue on Topliței street, Rădăuți | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Rădăuți | Synagogue on 1 Mai street, Rădăuți | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Rădăuți | Great Temple of Rădăuți | 1883 | stand | ||
Siret | Great Temple of Siret | 1840 | stand | ![]() | |
Galați | Meseriașilor Temple | 1896 | stand | ||
Târgu Ocna | Târgu Ocna Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [37] |
Panciu | Panciu Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [38] |
Bârlad | Bârlad Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [39] |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Brăila | Brăila Great Synagogue[9] | 1865 | [40] | ||
Pitești | Pitești Synagogue[10] | 1919–1925 | stand | ![]() | |
Râmnicu Sărat | Râmnicu Sărat Synagogue | 1855 | stand | [41] | |
Târgoviște | Târgoviște Synagogue | ? | |||
Ploiești | Ploiești Synagogue | 1794–1795 | stand | Other names: Beth Israel Synagogue. | ![]() |
Buzău | Buzău Synagogue | 1855 | stand | Ruined building. | ![]() |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Drobeta Turnu Severin | Drobeta Turnu Severin Synagogue[11] | ? | stand | Notary’s office. | ![]() |
Caracal | Caracal Synagogue | 1902 | stand | ![]() | |
Craiova | Craiova Synagogue | 1829 |
Location | Name | Built | Destroyed | Remarks | Picture |
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Bezidu Nou | Bezidu Nou Synagogue | [42] | |||
Brașov | Brașov Synagogue | 1898–1901 | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | ![]() |
Brașov | Brașov Orthodox Synagogue | 1877 | stand | ![]() | |
Cluj-Napoca | Cluj Orthodox Synagogue | 1850–1851 | stand | After the war, a small number of Jews who returned from deportation no longer used it as a synagogue. It has since been used for various purposes. | |
Cluj-Napoca | Synagogue of George Barițiu street | ? | ? | ||
Cluj-Napoca | Reformed Synagogue | 1886–1887 | stand | Other names: Sinagoga Neologă, Templul deportaților. Partially rebuilt in 1927. | ![]() |
Cluj-Napoca | "Șas Hevra" Temple | 1922 | ? | ||
Bistrița | Bistrița Synagogue | 1856 | stand | ![]() | |
Borsec | Borsec Synagogue | ? | ? | ||
Gheorgheni | Gheorgheni Synagogue | 1927–1928 | stand | ![]() | |
Gherla | Gherla Synagogue[12] | 1903 | stand | The building is in a life-threatening condition. Renovation planned. | ![]() |
Hațeg | Hațeg Synagogue | 1884 | stand | ![]() | |
Jibou | Jibou Synagogue | ? | ? | ||
Mediaș | Mediaș Synagogue | 1896 | stand | ||
Orăștie | Orăștie Synagogue | 1878 | stand | ||
Sibiu | Sibiu Synagogue[13] | 1898–1899 | stand | ![]() | |
Sighișoara | Sighișoara Synagogue | 1903 | stand | ![]() | |
Târnăveni | Târnăveni Synagogue[14] | 19th century | stand | ||
Turda | Turda Synagogue | 1926 | stand | The building is in poor condition. | ![]() |
Șimleul Silvaniei | Șimleul Silvaniei Synagogue | 1876 | stand | It houses a Holocaust museum. | ![]() |
Târgu Mureș | Status Quo Synagogue | 1899–1900 | stand | It has recently undergone renovations. | ![]() |
Alba Iulia | Old Synagogue Synagogue | 1840 | stand | ![]() | |
Dej | "Înfrățirea" Temple | ? | stand | ![]() | |
Deva | Great Temple of Deva | 1896 | stand | ![]() | |
Teiuș | Teiuș Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [43] |
Sfântu Gheorghe | Sfântu Gheorghe Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | ![]() |
Reteag | Reteag Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [44] |
Reghin | Reghin Synagogue | 1866 | ? | No more information about it. | ![]() |
Mireșu Mare | Mireșu Mare Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [45] |
Luduș | Luduș Synagogue | 19th century | 1944 | Burned down. | [46] |
Hida | Hida Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [47] |
Bichiș | Bichiș Synagogue | 19th century | stand | Now a "Pálinka" center. | [48] |
Cehu Silvaniei | Cehu Silvaniei Synagogue | ? | ? | No more information about it. | [49] |
Făgăraș | Făgăraș Synagogue | 1848 | stand | Abandoned building. | ![]() |
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Synagogues in Romania.
- www.romanianjewish.org – Images of synagogues in Romania.
- About Empty Synagogues and Jewish Communities in Today’s Romania, September, 2021.
- Synagogues in Romania in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Other old images, [50]
- Historic Synagogues of Europe: Romania