Jewish community Niedenstein

A Jewish community of Niedenstein existed in the small town of Niedenstein in the Schwalm-Eder district of northern Hesse at least since 1776, with a total of ten families, and then until their extermination by the Nazi regime in 1938/1942. However, the first Jewish inhabitants of the town are documented as early as 1664, when two Jewish families lived there. In 1676 there were three, and in 1731 there were five.