Inowrocław Synagogue

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Inowrocław Synagogue was a Reform Jewish house of worship in Inowrocław, Poland. It stood at 64 Solankowa Street, in the area now called Skwer Jan-Paweł II.

Built in 1908 in Byzantine Revival style, it was designed by J. Baumgarten and funded mostly by Leopold Levy. The brick building had a dome and was regarded as one of the most beautiful synagogues in the region.

When World War II began in 1939, the Nazis destroyed the synagogue. They had tried to turn it into a bathhouse or swimming pool, but failed and burned the building.

Today the site hosts a rose garden, and a statue of the poet Jan Kasprowicz stands nearby. The square was renamed Skwer Jan-Paweł II in honor of Pope John Paul II.

There was another synagogue in Inowrocław on Ulica Rzeźnicka, which was demolished in the 1980s; a private house now stands on that site.