The Mountain Synagogue in Hartmanice Welcomes You!
Since 1883, it has been a house of prayer for more than 200 citizens of Jewish faith, later a carpenter’s workshop, and even a warehouse for used truck tires... Now, after almost 70 years without dignity, the Hartmanice Memorial Association has reopened the synagogue with the highest elevation in the Czech Republic.
Welcome to a Czech Cultural heritage site that received the Jury Award in the National Building of the Year Contest for 2006!
Inside you will find modern expositions and multimedia presentations:
- The Coexistence of Czechs, Germans and Jews in Šumava
- Šumava villages before and after the Iron Curtain
- The Iron Curtain (coming soon)
Explore our educational programs and offer your students an experience they won’t forget. Join us for a concert, lecture or a theatre performance.
We look forward to seeing you here!
Find out who congregated here. Did they speak Czech or German? Did multiple languages make life difficult?
