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Mogielnica front view -
Mogielnica ground plan -
Synagogue in Mogielnica. View from the north-west -
Interior of the synagogue in Mogielnica (view of the Bimah and Aaron ha-kodesh) -
Interior of the synagogue in Mogielnica
The wooden synagogue in Mogielnica, now a village in the Mazovia region of Poland, was built after 1856. It was situated north-east of the market square, in Dół Street by the Mogielanka River, on the road leading from Mogielnica to Grójec. Following the damage caused during World War I it was renovated in the 1920s. Works involved repairs to the collapsed roof, shoring up the plinth and raising the walls. At the beginning of World War II, the Germans burned down the synagogue in September 1939. The building was never reconstructed.
The synagogue was oriented. It was a two-storey log structure, 10 metre high. It was designed on a rectangular plan and measured approximately 10 metre by 16 metre. It comprised the main hall of roughly square proportions, and a vestibule with a separate babiniec i.e. a prayer room for women. The front elevation was symmetrical and featured a two-storey tetrastyle portico. Another babiniec on the first floor was accessible through an external balcony. A hipped roof over the entire structure was probably covered in wooden shingles. The interior was partly painted with floral and animal motifs. The architect of the original design is unknown.
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The synagogue was oriented. It was a two-storey log structure, 10 metre high. It was designed on a rectangular plan and measured approximately 10 metre by 16 metre. It comprised the main hall of roughly square proportions, and a vestibule with a separate babiniec i.e. a prayer room for women. The front elevation was symmetrical and featured a two-storey tetrastyle portico. Another babiniec on the first floor was accessible through an external balcony. A hipped roof over the entire structure was probably covered in wooden shingles. The interior was partly painted with floral and animal motifs. The architect of the original design is unknown.
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