Street & Locale Names

Krakow, the old royal city of Poland, is still considered the secret capital. It is home to a large number of undestroyed cultural sites, including Wawel, the old castle with its palace and cathedral. The old town with the Jewish residential district of Kaziemierz is also worth seeing and is a World Heritage Site.

In Kaziemierz, a district of Krakow in an arc of the Vistula, Jews have lived since the 15th century. Even today, there are still clear signs of Jewish life. I counted seven synagogues and three cemeteries.

In 1356, an agreement was concluded between the Thuringian landgraves and the Archbishop of Mainz on the admission of Jews to the city. After that, under the protection of the aforementioned rulers, several Jewish families were again able to settle in the city.  
  
In the 15th century, the "Jüdengasse" (= "Jews' Lane") in the town, which still exists today, is mentioned several times. However, Christian families also lived in the 28 houses existing here. In the "Judengasse" was a synagogue. 1436 the Jews were banished from Langensalza.   

The former street name "Judengasse" is no reference to Jewish families in Neckarrems. Rather, in the late 18th century and in the 19th century, Jewish cattle dealers from Hochberg regularly passed through here to the market in Winnenden. On this occasion they sold livestock to the farmers of Neckarrems. Horses were also traded. The post office in Koppengasse (today Remstalstraße), the Rems bridge and two inns (Ochsen and Hirsch) offered more lucrative business than the then village of Bittenfeld, via which Winnenden itself could be reached more quickly.