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Hohenems Jewish Museum

Practical info

Type of location: Museum

Hohenems Jewish Museum

Jüdisches Museum Hohenems, Villa Heimann-Rosenthal, Schweizer Straße 5, 6845 Hohenems, Autriche

+43 (0)5576 73989 0

www.jm-hohenems.at

Historical description

Hohenems

The city of Hohenems is located in the Vorarlberg region. In 1617, a ducal charter of privileges put a dozen Jewish families who had fled to Hohenems from Burgau on an equal footing with the Christian burghers in most respects. By the middle of the seventeenth ... Read more