From the beginning of the 19th century there was an orthodox prayer room in the suburb of Bělidla on the private premises of the Fischel family, today No.9/44 Libuše Street (Libušina) and this remained in use until the 1930s. But the relaxation of conditions and the growing Jewish population in the second half of the 19th century meant a prayer room was needed in the inner city: this existed in 1859-62 in house number 406 in Litovel Street, today No. 1 Rieger Street (Riegrova); then in 1862-3 in house number …