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List of synagogues in Romania

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This list of synagogues in Romania contains active, otherwise used and destroyed synagogues in Romania. The list of Romanian synagogues is not necessarily complete, as only a negligible number of sources testify to the existence of some synagogues.

Recently renovated huge Status Quo Synagogue in Târgu Mureș. It was built between 1899 and 1900 according to the plans of the Austrian Jewish architect Jakob Gartner.

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Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Timișoara	Cetate Synagogue	1863–1865	stand	Building in neglected condition. It is in the city was included on the list of historical monuments in Timiș County in 2004.
Timișoara	Fabric Synagogue	1897–1899	stand	It is in a very dilapidated condition.
Timișoara	Iosefin Synagogue^[1]	1910	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Timișoara	Timișoara Orthodox Synagogue	19th century	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Timișoara	Synagogue of Cuza Vodă street	1843	?	No more information about it.
Caransebeș	Caransebeș Synagogue	1893	stand	In 2004 the synagogue was declared a historical monument. It is still open, sometimes organized organ concerts.
Lugoj	Lugoj Synagogue^[2]	1843	stand	Other name: Small Synagogue.
Reșița	Reșița Synagogue	1907–1910	stand	Building in neglected condition.
Balinț	Balinț Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Sânnicolau Mare	Sânnicolau Mare Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Buziaș	Buziaș Synagogue	1886	?	No more information about it.
Făget	Făget Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Arad	Arad Neolog Synagogue	1827–1834	stand
Arad	Arad Orthodox Synagogue	1920
Oradea	Oradea Orthodox Synagogue^[3]	1890	stand
Oradea	Oradea Sion Synagogue^[4]	1878	stand	A monumental building in good condition. Other name: Oradea Neolog Synagogue.
Oradea	Parasita Synagogue	c. 19th century	stand	It is in an extremely dilapidated condition.
Zalău	Zalău Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Suplacu de Barcău	Suplacu de Barcău Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Sântana	Sântana Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Sebiș	Sebiș Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Săvârșin	Săvârșin Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Salonta	Salonta Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Săcueni	Săcueni Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Pecica	Pecica Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Pâncota	Pâncota Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Marghita	Marghita Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Diosig	Diosig Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Cermei	Cermei Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Gurahonț	Gurahonț Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Babadag	Babadag Synagogue	1893	?	No more information about it.
Tulcea	Tulcea Synagogue	1888	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Constanța	Great Synagogue	1911	stand	It is in an extremely dilapidated condition.
Constanța	Sephardic Temple	1905–1908	1989	The sephardic synagogue was heavily damaged during the Second World War when it was used as an ammunition warehouse, later further damaged by an earthquake, and was demolished under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Satu Mare	Synagogue of Țibleș street	1912	?	No more information about it.
Satu Mare	Satu Mare Status Quo Synagogue	1889–1892	after 1945	It will be demolished sometime after 1945.
Satu Mare	Satu Mare Synagogue	1889	stand	Other name: Great Temple, Decebal Street Syangogue.
Satu Mare	Talmud Tora Synagogue	1927	stand	Next to Great Temple of Satu Mare.
Baia Mare	Baia Mare Synagogue	1885	stand	The building is not in good condition.
Seini	Seini Synagogue	1904	stand	The building is not in good condition.
Sighetu Marmaţiei	Vijnițer Klaus Temple	1885	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Carei	Carei Synagogue	1866	stand	The building is not in good condition.
Carei	Carei Orthodox Synagogue^[5]		destroyed
Vișeu de Sus	Vișeu de Sus Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Tășnad	Tășnad Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Halmeu	Halmeu Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Orașu Nou	Orașu Nou Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Bacău	Synagogue Rabin Avram Arie Rosen	?	stand
Bacău	Cerealiștilor Temple	1906	stand
Botoșani	Synagogue "Hoihe Sil"	1834	?
Botoșani	Yiddish Synagogue of Botoșani	?	stand
Fălticeni	Fălticeni Synagogue	1890	?
Fălticeni	Fălticeni Great Synagogue	1838–1854	stand	The building is not in good condition.
Iași	Cismarilor Synagogue	19th century	stand	It is in a very dilapidated condition.
Iași	Great Synagogue	1671	stand
Iași	Merarilor Synagogue	1865	stand
Tecuci	Synagogue of Gh. Asachi street^[6]	c. 1840	stand
Tecuci	Synagogue of Bran street	?	?
Vatra Dornei	Synagogue of Luceafărul street	?	stand
Vatra Dornei	Vatra Dornei Great temple	1898–1902	stand	Ruined building.
Focșani	"Ahai Vereai" Synagogue	1889	?	stand
Roman	Croitorilor Synagogue Synagogue	1850	?	Other name: "Poale Tedek" Synagogue.
Roman	Leipziger Synagogue	?	stand
Piatra Neamț	Piatra Neamț Synagogue	?	stand
Piatra Neamț	Wooden Synagogue of Piatra Neamț^[7]	1766	stand	Central Synagogue
Bârlad	Bârlad Synagogue	1789	stand
Buhuși	Buhuși Synagogue^[8]	1858	stand	Other name: Curtea Rabinică
Dorohoi	Dorohoi Synagogue	1790	stand
Huși	Huși Synagogue	1860	?
Odobești	Odobești Synagogue	?	stand
Săveni	Săveni Synagogue	?	stand
Vaslui	Vaslui Synagogue	?	stand
Suceava	Gah Synagogue	1870	stand
Suceava	Ițcani Synagogue	19th century	2009	By the early 2000s, only its walls remained. In 2009, these were also dismantled.
Câmpulung Moldovenesc	Câmpulung Moldovenesc Old Synagogue	?	stand
Câmpulung Moldovenesc	Great Synagogue of Câmpulung Moldovenesc	?	stand
Câmpulung Moldovenesc	Gah Synagogue of Câmpulung Moldovenesc	1874	stand
Gura Humorului	Great Synagogue of Gura Humorului	1860	stand
Hârlău	Great Synagogue of Hârlău	1812–1814	stand
Târgu Neamț	Meseriaşilor Synagogue	1870	stand
Rădăuți	Synagogue on Topliței street, Rădăuți	?	stand
Rădăuți	Synagogue on 1 Mai street, Rădăuți	?	stand
Rădăuți	Great Temple of Rădăuți	1883	stand
Siret	Great Temple of Siret	1840	stand
Galați	Meseriașilor Temple	1896	stand
Târgu Ocna	Târgu Ocna Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Panciu	Panciu Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Bârlad	Bârlad Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.

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Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Brăila	Brăila Great Synagogue^[9]	1865
Pitești	Pitești Synagogue^[10]	1919–1925	stand
Râmnicu Sărat	Râmnicu Sărat Synagogue	1855	stand
Târgoviște	Târgoviște Synagogue	?
Ploiești	Ploiești Synagogue	1794–1795	stand	Other names: Beth Israel Synagogue.
Buzău	Buzău Synagogue	1855	stand	Ruined building.

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Drobeta Turnu Severin Synagogue^[11]	?	stand	Notary’s office.
Caracal	Caracal Synagogue	1902	stand
Craiova	Craiova Synagogue	1829

Location	Name	Built	Destroyed	Remarks
Bezidu Nou	Bezidu Nou Synagogue
Brașov	Brașov Synagogue	1898–1901	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Brașov	Brașov Orthodox Synagogue	1877	stand
Cluj-Napoca	Cluj Orthodox Synagogue	1850–1851	stand	After the war, a small number of Jews who returned from deportation no longer used it as a synagogue. It has since been used for various purposes.
Cluj-Napoca	Synagogue of George Barițiu street	?	?
Cluj-Napoca	Reformed Synagogue	1886–1887	stand	Other names: Sinagoga Neologă, Templul deportaților. Partially rebuilt in 1927.
Cluj-Napoca	"Șas Hevra" Temple	1922	?
Bistrița	Bistrița Synagogue	1856	stand
Borsec	Borsec Synagogue	?	?
Gheorgheni	Gheorgheni Synagogue	1927–1928	stand
Gherla	Gherla Synagogue^[12]	1903	stand	The building is in a life-threatening condition. Renovation planned.
Hațeg	Hațeg Synagogue	1884	stand
Jibou	Jibou Synagogue	?	?
Mediaș	Mediaș Synagogue	1896	stand
Orăștie	Orăștie Synagogue	1878	stand
Sibiu	Sibiu Synagogue^[13]	1898–1899	stand
Sighișoara	Sighișoara Synagogue	1903	stand
Târnăveni	Târnăveni Synagogue^[14]	19th century	stand
Turda	Turda Synagogue	1926	stand	The building is in poor condition.
Șimleul Silvaniei	Șimleul Silvaniei Synagogue	1876	stand	It houses a Holocaust museum.
Târgu Mureș	Status Quo Synagogue	1899–1900	stand	It has recently undergone renovations.
Alba Iulia	Old Synagogue Synagogue	1840	stand
Dej	"Înfrățirea" Temple	?	stand
Deva	Great Temple of Deva	1896	stand
Teiuș	Teiuș Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Sfântu Gheorghe	Sfântu Gheorghe Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Reteag	Reteag Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Reghin	Reghin Synagogue	1866	?	No more information about it.
Mireșu Mare	Mireșu Mare Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Luduș	Luduș Synagogue	19th century	1944	Burned down.
Hida	Hida Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Bichiș	Bichiș Synagogue	19th century	stand	Now a "Pálinka" center.
Cehu Silvaniei	Cehu Silvaniei Synagogue	?	?	No more information about it.
Făgăraș	Făgăraș Synagogue	1848	stand	Abandoned building.