Visited:13. 9. 2021
History:Bílenec had a continuous Jewish settlement from the beginning of the sixteenth century until 1938. It reached its greatest peak at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when eighty Jewish families lived there. In the eastern part of the village there was a Jewish ghetto, located along the street leading from the village square to the east. In the middle of the nineteenth century it consisted of 23 houses, of which about half have survived to this day. A synagogue was built in the same location in the first half of the nineteenth century. It was built in 1826 or 1837 and served its original purpose until the 1920s, when it was acquired by the municipality on the condition that it would look after the Jewish cemetery in Belémec. This duty was then fulfilled until 1938. In 1923, the municipality converted the synagogue into a kindergarten and a home for the poor. It was subsequently converted into a residential building with a shop on the ground floor, which it remained until the early 21st century. In the northern part of the village there is a Jewish cemetery from 1846, which was dismantled and ploughed up during the Second World War. At the beginning of the 21st century, several gravestones were found lying fallen in a nearby meadow.
Source:https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoga_v_B%C3%ADlenc%C3%ADch
Source:https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%ADlence
Impressions:Today, a simple two-storey building that used to be a synagogue.
