Jewish community of Hluboká nad Vltavou

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Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Hluboká nad Vltavou
Former synagogue in Hluboká nad Vltavou

The Jewish community in Hluboká nad Vltavou (German Frauenberg ), a town in Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemian Region) in the Czech Republic , was established in the 17th century.

history

Jewish residents in Frauenberg can be traced back to the second half of the 17th century. A religious community emerged around the middle of the 18th century. Their statutes date from 1785. The Jewish families lived in a few houses in a ghetto-like neighborhood in a city quarter.

After the First World War , the Jewish community in Frauenberg was in the process of dissolution.

Community development

year Jews
around 1725 8 families
around 1800 10 families
1840 about 40 families
1880 112 people (around 5% of the population)
1900 48 people
1930 20 people

synagogue

graveyard

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).

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