Teplice-Sanov

 

General

       Teplice-Sanov is a city in northern Bohemia.  The Jewish community of Teplice was one of the largest and most important in Bohemia from the 16th century onward.  Evidence of Jewish settlement dates from 1414.  In the second half of the 19th century, the Teplice community became the second largest in Bohemia (after Prague), numbering 1,718 (11.6 of the total population) in 1880, 2,704 (10.1) in 1910, and 3,213 (10.4) in 1930, the highest percentage in Bohemia.  The rabbi and the majority of the community left in the summer and fall of 1938 due to Czech-German strife and Nazi agitation.  After the Munich agreement, almost no Jews remained.  See Encyclopedia Judaica, CD Rom Edition, Keter Publishing.

Image

The above photcard, postmarked 1931, shows the synagogue in Teplice-Sanov which was desigend by Wilhem Stiassny and consecrated in 1883.

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