Alemannia Judaica

City walk Erfurt

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The trade fair and university city of Erfurt, located on the Gera River in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, is today the largest city in the Free State of Thuringia with a good 214,000 inhabitants and is also the state capital. First mentioned in a document in 741/42 when the bishopric was founded, Erfurt developed from the 13th century onwards, thanks to its central location and woad cultivation, into a flourishing trading and craftsmen's city as well as a European center of education.

Jewish cemetery (Saarburg)

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The cemetery, first mentioned in 1804, may have originated as early as the 17th or 18th century.  After 1933 - and especially in the wake of the 1938 pogroms - it was repeatedly desecrated, and in 1950-52 some gravestones were put back in place. It was not until 2006 that a group of students from the local gymnasium began a thorough restoration: stones were placed as far as possible, gravestone debris was collected, and the entire site was restored to a suitably dignified condition.

Jewish cemetery Hagenbach

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Hagenbach was in the first half of the 19th century one of the most important Jewish rural communities in Upper Franconia, until 1894 the seat of one of the five district rabbinates of the Bamberg State Rabbinate. At times, the Jewish community accounted for more than half of the village population.

The first settlement of Jews in Hagebach probably dates back to the time of the Thirty Years' War, in the following decades the sovereigns encouraged their settlement, and by 1730 there were already almost 30 families in the village.

Jewish cemetery Lisberg

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A cemetery was established in Lisberg already in 1739 (or earlier). There are a good 130 gravestones preserved there. The cemetery is enclosed by an almost man-high wall and a dense hedge growing in front of it, and therefore only visible through the locked lattice gate.

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The cemetery can be found by leaving Lisdorf southwards in direction Frenshof and Steinsdorf. The first dirt road after the end of the village on the left leads between fields uphill to the cemetery, which is located on the tree-covered hilltop.

 

City walk Mühlhausen

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The city tour of Jewish history Mühlhausen tells of the first settlement of Jews in the city around 1250 and describes the difficult coexistence of Jews and Christians in the late Middle Ages. In the 19th century, a larger Jewish community was established in Mulhouse, as evidenced by the still standing backhouse synagogue, one of the few remaining synagogues from the 19th century. Furthermore, the city tour shows at various places in the city center and at buildings that are still standing in part, the free spaces that were granted to active Jewish entrepreneurs since the 17th century.

City walk Ilmenau

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Whether already in the Middle Ages Jews*Jewesses lived in Ilmenau, is not completely documented; presumably, however, around 1428 members of the Jewish community lived in the city. Certainly documented is the presence of some Jews*Jewesses in the first half of the 16th century. They are commemorated by the Judentor (Jewish Gate) built in the middle of the 16th century and the Judengasse (Jewish Street) leading to the market, which was still called Judengasse in the early 19th century.