Auszug aus dem Synagogen-Sitz-Protokolle der Pressburger israel. Cultusgemeinde. [Seating arrangement in Pressburg synagogue]

(HUNGARY)

H. Sieber

Pressburg

1864

Hebrew and German. Printed form with autograph signatures and red wax seal.

Document of purchase of seat no. 93 in the Ladies' First Gallery by Mr. Carl Löwy, dated March 26, 1866. The printed text notes that the synagogue was newly built at 129-130 Theresienstadt. Though Pressburg retained a strong Orthodox character due to the stamp put on it by the legendary Chatham Sofer (R. Moses Schreiber) and his descendants, nonetheless the city was also home to Neolog or Reformmovement who in 1872 established their own modernist community. See JE, Vol. X, p. 190. Today Pressburg, or rather Bratislava, is the capital of Slovakia.