Jewish cemetery (Oberkotzau - deserted cemetery)

A section in the community forest of Oberkotzau bears the designation "Judenbegräbnis", which perhaps refers to a former cemetery. A late medieval Jewish community could be supported by the fact that in 1444 Emperor Frederick III granted the lords of (Ober)Kotzau permission to hold a weekly market and "das sy auch juden daselbst gehaben mugen" (Regesta Imperii, Chmel No. 1812). Further evidence of the existence of a synagogue cannot be verified at present. After the expulsion of the Jewish population from the principality of Kulmbach in 1560, the existence of a Jewish community can no longer be assumed.