New Synagogue

Erection/Date: 1913 Inauguration
People: Theodor Schreier and Viktor Postelberg (architects), Rabbiner Dr. Adolf Aron Schächter (Chairman of the "Temple Erection Association")
Building history: 1907 foundation of the Temple Erection Association, 1912 start of construction, inauguration on August 17th 1913
Time of National Socialism: in 1938 the New Synagogue was looted and the interior was destroyed; subsequently, the synagogue was used/owned by: SA-Standarte 21 (until 1941), the Municipality of St. Pölten (until 1945) and the Red Army. In 1947 it was returned to the Municipality of St. Pölten
Restitution: in 1954 restitution to the IKG Vienna (Israelite Religious Community Vienna) as legal successor of the IKG St. Pölten
Renovation: 1980–1984; 1984 re-opening; Since 1988: seat of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
Adresse: Schulpromenade, today Dr. Karl Renner-Promenade 22