Synagogues of the World: Austria

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Vienna Synagogue, built 1824-1826. Only synagogue in Vienna to survive the Nazis.

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Interior of the Vienna Synagogue

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Baden Synagogue - Small prayer hall, built 1871, is visible on the left; the large synagogue on the right.

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Baden Synagogue (exterior view)

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Baden Synagogue - Formerly the men's prayer-room, shut down by the Nazis

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Innsbruck Synagogue in Tyrol was rebuilt in 1993 after the Nazis destroyed it in 1938.

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Former Private Synagogue of Samson Wertheimer (Osterreichisches Jüdisches Museum, Eisenstadt)

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Seitenstettengasse Synagogue, Vienna

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Sources: Vienna Synagogue Photos copyright Mitchell Bard.
Baden synagogue photos copyright Thomas Eliezer Schaerf Collection, Baden from the Jewish Community of Baden
Innsbruck synagogue photo courtesy of Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde für Tirol und Vorarlberg
Seitenstettengasse Synagogue photo courtesy of HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library (© Jono David Media)

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