Historic sites
house of prayer from the late 19th century with frescoes by Altek Winer and a zodiac cycle
Cemeteries and monuments
cemetery from 1831 on the slope of Castle Hill, with surviving matzevot and the foundations of an ohel
Museums
a former house of prayer in a tenement house with rediscovered polychromes and Hebrew inscriptions
Jewish heritage in Będzin means a house of prayer with wall paintings, the Mizrachi synagogue and the only surviving cemetery below Castle Hill.
Three places recall the town's once numerous Jewish community. These are addresses for quiet, focused visits, best taken in this order: two houses of prayer and the cemetery.
Zuckerman's House of Prayer occupies the upper floor of a townhouse numbered 24/28 on Kołłątaja Avenue. The wall paintings preserved there are among only two found in the Silesian Voivodeship, and visitors have been admitted since 2007.
The Mizrachi Synagogue is tucked away in the basement of a townhouse at Potockiego 3. This nineteenth-century house of prayer is a branch of the Zagłębie Museum, and its greatest value is the painted decoration inside.
Below the castle, on the northern side of Castle Hill, lies the New Jewish Cemetery (Podzamcze Street). It dates from 1831 and is the only one of Będzin's three Jewish cemeteries still in existence. About 250 whole matzevot stand there, the foundations of an ohel can be seen, and the site is a listed monument.
Both are in townhouses, at Kołłątaja 24/28 and Potockiego 3.
On the page for the town of Będzin and in the regional overview of Jewish heritage.
