Gothenburg Synagogue
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The Gothenburg Synagogue at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget
, Gothenburg
, Sweden
, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger. The synagogue
has 300 seats.
Drottningtorget
Drottningtorget is a common name for public squares in Swedish cities, the three best known being:*Drottningtorget, Gothenburg*Drottningtorget, Malmö*Drottningtorget, Linköping...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger. The synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
has 300 seats.