Bohoniki Mosque

Bohoniki Mosque
Meczet w Bohonikach
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Location
Location	Bohoniki, Podlaskie, Poland
Shown within Podlaskie Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	53°23′25″N 23°35′30″E / 53.3903°N 23.5917°E / 53.3903; 23.5917Coordinates: 53°23′25″N 23°35′30″E / 53.3903°N 23.5917°E / 53.3903; 23.5917
Architecture
Type	mosque
Completed	19th–20th century

Bohoniki Mosque (Polish: Meczet w Bohonikach) is a wooden mosque located in the village of Bohoniki, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland.^[1]

History[]

The mosque was built at the turning point of the nineteenth and twentieth-century, most likely in 1873. It was constructed after a fire burnt down a previous Tatar settlers' mosque in its location. The former mosque was located next to a historic cemetery in the eastern part of the village, existing since around the eighteenth-century, or from the seventeenth-century.^[2]

During World War II, the mosque was destroyed by the Wehrmacht, which transformed the building into a field hospital. After 1945, the mosque had undergone numerous small renovations. There were plans for the mosque's expansion, but the conservator did not allow these plans to be put forward.

In 2003, the mosque's roof was renovated; the sheet tin roof was replaced by shingle. In 2005, the mosque had undergone a major refurbishment.^[3]

See also[]

• Islam in Poland

References[]

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