Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Synagogue of Rakovnik

Vysoká 232, 269 01 Rakovník

+420 313 511 549

Město Rakovník – Oficiální stránka města Rakovník (mesto-rakovnik.cz)

Historical description

Rakovnik

Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 milesnortheast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621 three Jewish families from the nearby town of Senomaty came to live at Rakovnik. In ... Read more

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