List of synagogues in Bosnia and Herzegovina

This is a list of synagogues in Bosnia and Herzegovina which lists active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues. It is likely incomplete as references and sources for this topic are rather scarce.

Name Location Built Destroyed Remarks Picture
Sarajevo Synagogue Sarajevo 1902 stand Designed in Moorish Revival style. It is the only currently functional synagogue in Sarajevo.[1]
Old Synagogue/Kal Viježu Sarajevo 1580 stand First synagogue in Bosnia. Today it hosts the museum of Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]
Il Kal Grande Sarajevo 1930 stand Largest and most ornate synagogue in the Balkans when built. Heavily damaged by Nazis in 1941 with the majority of the Jewish community being killed in The Holocaust. Those Jews who remained after WW2 used Sarajevo Synagogue which was the Ashkenazi synagogue. It was rebuilt after the war and was reopened as "Đuro Đaković Workers' University" in 1965. Currently it hosts the Bosnian Cultural Center which was opened in 1993.

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Il Kal Nuevu Sarajevo 1870 stand Built next to the Old Synagogue.[5]
Il Kal di la Bilava Sarajevo 1900 stand Today an apartment building.[5][6]
Zenica Synagogue Zenica 1903 stand It has been used as a museum since 1968.

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Doboj Synagogue Doboj 1922 (consecrated in 2003) stand The synagogue building is the reconstructed house of Alexander Vrhovski and Oto Kalamar. It is officially named "Bet Shalom Synagogue".[9]
Old Doboj Synagogue Doboj 1874 1941 Only the doors of this synagogue survive and are kept in the new one, which was opened in 2003.[10]
Višegrad Synagogue Višegrad 1904 stand Currently the local Red cross headquarters.[6]
Mostar Synagogue Mostar 1904 stand Heavily damaged in Bosnian War and renovated in 1996. It hosts Mostar puppet theatre.[11]
Old Mostar Synagogue Mostar 1889? ? Repurposed hay storage building.
Travnik Synagogue Travnik 1863 2008 It replaced a wooden temple built in 1840. Demolished in 2008
Žepče Synagogue Žepče 1903 ? [5]
Gračanica Synagogue Gračanica 1890 ? [5]
Bijeljina Synagogue Bijeljina 1901 ? [5]
Bihać Synagogue Bihać 1906 1950 [5][6]
Derventa Synagogue Derventa 1911 1950 Heavily damaged by Ustaše in 1941, remnants collapsed in 1950.[5][6]
Rogatica Synagogue Rogatica 1928 stand Stands, albeit in ruins.[5][6]
New Temple Banja Luka 1937 1944 Consecrated by Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia Isaac Alcalay. [5]

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First Sephardic Synagogue Banja Luka 1870 1878 Lost because of a fire.[5]
Second Sephardic Synagogue Banja Luka 1880 ? [5]
Third Sephardic Synagogue Banja Luka ? ? [12]
Arie Livne Jewish Cultural Center - Ilona Weiss Synagogue Banja Luka 2014 stand [13]
Visoko Synagogue Visoko 1886 ? [5]
Tuzla Synagogue Tuzla 1936 stand Currently used as a dry cleaners.[6]
Stolac Synagogue Stolac 1832 stand [6]
Zvornik Synagogue Zvornik 1902 stand [6]

References

  1. ^ "After 60 Years, Prayer Returns to Historic Sarajevo Synagogue". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Muzej Jevreja - Jevrejska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine". 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  3. ^ "Synagogue, Workers' University, Cultural Center | Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa". www.copernico.eu. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  4. ^ Rajner, Mirjem (2011). Il Kal Grandi - Sarajevo's Great Sephardic Temple: At the Crossroads Between Orient and Modernity. Bar-Ilan University, Department of Jewish Art.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sarajevski Pinkas - EL MUNDO SEFARAD". elmundosefarad.wikidot.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Gruber, Samuel D. (2011). Jewish Heritage Sites of Bosnia-Herzegovina. School of Architecture. Paper 97 Syracuse University. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Euromuse". 2019-12-17. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  8. ^ zenicablog (2023-01-21). "Zenička Sinagoga..." Zenicablog. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  9. ^ "Synagogue | News and Notices". Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  10. ^ "Sinagoga, Doboj". Savez nacionalnih manjina Republike Srpske (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  11. ^ "Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika". 2020-07-20. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  12. ^ a b "Sinagoga – Jevrejski kulturni centar Arie Livne" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-05-31.
  13. ^ "O nama – Jevrejski kulturni centar Arie Livne" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-05-31.
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