Synagogue community

In the middle of the 14th century, the presence of Jews was mentioned in the oldest Glatz city register.

At that time, they lived in the Judengasse, first mentioned in 1434, later called Nonnengasse, where the synagogue was also located at the time. Evidence of a Jewish school and a Jewish cemetery in front of the Bühmische Tor gate suggest that there was already a Jewish community in Glatz at this time. Tensions between the Glatzer Bürgerschaft  and the Towards the end of the 15th century, there was no persecution. Towards the end of the 15th century (1492), tensions between the citizens of Glatz and the local Jews led to the emigration - expulsion of the Glatz Jews. It was not until around 1825 that the Jewish religious community of Glatz was re-established. The seizure of power by the National Socialists led to the emigration of the Jewish inhabitants of Glatz and thus to the dissolution of the Jewish community. - The location of the seat of the Jewish municipal administration is fictitious (unknown) and therefore indicated in the vicinity of the former synagogue.