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Building development of the structures No 97 and 98 in the Jewish Quarter. Kateřina Nováčková 2013/2014. Jewish Quarter. One of the best preserved Jewish Quarters in Europe Inscribed to the UNESCO list Located on the left bank of the Jihlava River under the rocks of Hrádek
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Building development of the structures No 97 and 98 in the Jewish Quarter Kateřina Nováčková 2013/2014
One of the best preserved Jewish Quarters in Europe • Inscribed to the UNESCO list • Located on the left bank of the Jihlava River under the rocks of Hrádek • Houses built close one to each other, without gardens • Preserved 123 buildings, A variety of architectural styles • Significant objects: • Rear Synagogue • Front Synagogue • rabbinate • Tawn hall
History of the Jewish Quarter • Before 1556 • Formation is not precisely dated • The beginning is connected with the construction of the monastery in 1101 • Phase I 1556 – 1618 • Jewish families lived scattered among Christians (6 families in Podklášteří, 2 families in Stařečka Street) • Phase II 1618 – 1654 • Growth of Jews during the Thirty Years´War • Foundation of the cemetery, old synagogue and shops
Phase III 1654 – 1723 • Large increase in Jewish population • Renting of fields and meadows to Cristians • Rear Synagogue • Phase IV 1723 – 1850 • ghetto • 1850 formal equality of Jews and Christians • After 1850 • Jews sold their houses and moved away • During WWII the Jewish town nearly deserted – deportations to concentration camps • 10 families returned after WWII • Begining of renovations
Around 1627 the Jews acquisited the house Most likely the building itself comes from 15th century The house devided into two parts 1940 – 1942 bakery established till 1958 baker´s 1963 state of emergency 2003 reconstruction by Kapucín s.r.o.
Before reconstruction layout
Reconstruction Beginnig – June 2003 Finish - December 2003 basement - archive, offices for technicians, social facilities and warehouse space 1st floor – shop and public service, representative hall, social facilities, archive