Jewish community Berwangen

The Jewish community in Berwangen in the district of Heilbronn in the northern part of Baden-Württemberg probably originated in the 17th century through the settlement of Schutzjuden by the local rulers, had a synagogue from 1771 and later also its own Jewish cemetery Berwangen, but experienced a gradual decline through emigration and emigration in the second half of the 19th century. The community became extinct in the course of the deportation of the Baden Jews during the National Socialist era.