Old Jewish hospital

Documentary evidence of Jews living in Augsburg dates from 1212. Records from the second half of the 13th century show a well-organized community, and mention the Judenhaus (1259), the synagogue and cemetery (1276), the ritual bathhouse, and “dancehouse” for weddings (1290). The Jews were mainly occupied as vintners, cattledealers, and moneylenders. Until 1436 lawsuits between ...

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Leipzig

Germany

A Jewish community is first mentioned in Leipzig at the end of the 12th century; and an organized community with a synagogue and a school existed from the second quarter of the 13th century. Its central location attracted Jewish traders from all over Europe to the Trade Fair. The fair regulations of Leipzig of 1268 guaranteed protection to all merchants, and moved the day of the market from ...

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Tbilissi

Georgia > Tbilissi and its surroundings

Most of the Jewish sites in beautiful Tbilisi are concentrated in the old city, in the neighborhoods along the left bank of the Kura River. Starting from the Vakhtang Gogasali Square (Meidan Square), located near the traditional Persian baths, take the main street of the old town, Kote Afkhazi Street, which you will go up a hundred meters to see on your left the Built at the beginning of the ...

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Gori

Georgia > Tbilissi and its surroundings

Not far from Tbilisi, about 90 kilometers away, is the town of Gori, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, to whom a museum is dedicated. The marshroutka is the most economical way: departure every 20 minutes or so from Didube bus station in Tbilisi for about one euro (3 GEL) and one hour and a half. You can otherwise go by taxi, for about twenty euros. At 25 Kasteli Street, on the first floor of ...

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Tbilissi and its surroundings

Georgia

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