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The city of Ostrava is best known for its economic activity. It was one of the great coal mining regions and a major ironworks. The Jewish presence in the city was rather late, being limited by the local authorities. There are records of a Jewish resident renting a distillery in 1786. A community was slowly formed, officially taking shape in 1875 with about 60 members. A Jewish cemetery was ...
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Osoblaha is a Silesian village popular with contemporary tourists for its medieval buildings. The Jewish presence probably dates back to this period and was quite stable over the centuries until the 18th century. Jewish refugees from Vienna and Poland settled here. The Jewish community in Osoblaha included the presence of prominent rabbis. The number of Jews declined especially at the ...
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Olomouc was the capital of Moravia from the 14th to the 17th centuries and a major trading town at that time. The Jewish presence is very old and seems to date from the 11th century. Documents from the Middle Ages have been found which attest to the payment of taxes by the Jews to the local authorities. The Jews of Olomouc were expelled in 1454 and their property seized. Nevertheless, some ...
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Kojetin is a Moravian town that has been known as a commercial crossroads for centuries and now hosts many cultural events. The Jewish presence in Kojetin seems to date back to at least the 13th century, although the earliest documents found attesting to this date from 1566. They mention the presence of 52 Jewish families in Judengasse. In the 16th century there was a and a . The synagogue ...
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Nezamyslova 27, 615 00 Brno +420 544 526 737
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3, tř. Kpt. Jaroše 1922, 602 00 Brno-střed Tel : +420 544 509 622 Židovská obec Brno – Židovská obec Brno (zob.cz)
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Židovský hřbitov, Slavkov u Brna
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Úzká Street, Slavkov u Brna tel : +420607721765
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Městys Chodová Planá – Chodová Planá (chodovaplana.cz)
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Brno is the capital of Moravia. The Jewish presence dates back to at least the 13th century, when the local authorities invited them to settle there without the discriminatory measures imposed in other places at that time. This warm welcome encouraged development and by 1348 there were almost 1000 Jews living there. Graves from this period have even been found. However, the Jews were expelled ...
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Austerlitz, Slavkov u Brna in Czech, is a town most famous for the Napoleonic battle of 1806. The Jewish presence in Moravia is one of the oldest, with a Jewish cemetery dating from the 12th century. Among the illustrious figures from the town is the author of the Sefer ha-Minhagim (1294), Moses ben Tobiah. There was also a yeshiva in Austerlitz at that time. At the beginning of the 17th ...
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Chodova Plana is a town known as an old trade route, for its mines and brewery and the long-standing fights between nobles to rule it. The Jewish presence probably dates from the end of the 16th century. A synagogue was mentioned in 1645, as well as an , where a few hundred graves are located. Threatened with expulsion on several occasions, a Jewish community continued to live there. About ...
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Šafaříkova 3012, 438 01 Žatec
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Dlouhá 2407, 438 01 Žatec Tel : +420 732 406 166 Muzeum a kulturní prostor synagoga Žatec (synagoga-zatec.cz)
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259 01 Votice Votice: Titulní stránka (mkcvotice.cz)
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400 01 Ústí nad Labem-město Statutární město Ústí nad Labem – Statutární město Ústí nad Labem (usti.cz)
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Pražská, 293 06 Mladá Boleslav Tel : +420 607 754 038 Sites touristiques : Mladá Boleslav (mb-net.cz)
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Zatec is an ancient royal city, dating back to at least the 11th century. The Jewish presence in Zatec is very old, dating back to at least the 14th century. However, following attacks and expulsion, their official return only took place at the end of the 19th century. Indeed, only two Jewish families lived in Zatec in 1852. A was opened in 1869 and a inaugurated three years later. At its ...
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Votice is a fairly old town in Bohemia. The Jewish presence dates back at least to the 16th century, with a document from 1538 referring to the town’s Jewish cemetery. About ten Jewish families lived in Votice at that time. A synagogue was built in 1661 (and demolished in 1950). About 50 Jewish families lived there at the turn of the 19th century, most of them working as seed merchants, ...
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Usti Nad Labem is a town of Czech nobility and is known for its chemical industry. The Jewish presence in Usti Nad Labem dates back to at least the 16th century, but was very irregular, as it was restricted by the authorities. It was not until 1848 that Jews were able to settle there officially. Thus the Jewish population of Usti Nad Labem increased from about 100 in 1880 to almost 1000 in ...
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Mlada Boleslav is an old Bohemian town that developed in the industrial age thanks to the automobile industry. The Jewish presence dates back to at least the 15th century, according to written documents of the time. About ten Jewish families lived in Mlada Boleslav in 1570 and had a synagogue. The dates from 1584. The Jewish population was 120 in 1615. They were mainly active in the transport ...
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Klatovy II 168, 339 01 Klatovy Cimetière juif :: Synagogue-Klatovy (webnode.cz)
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Mozartova ulice, Karlovy Vary
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Bezručova 1321, 360 01 Karlovy Vary +420 353 228 547
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Na Karlově 1534, 256 01 Benešov
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Nová pražská 1645 256 01 Benešov
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391 65 Bechyně Jewsh cemetery – The town of Bechyně (mestobechyne.cz)
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Klatovy is a Bohemian town known for its old markets on the roads to nearby larger towns. The Jewish presence in Klatovy has been documented since the 14th century, but was not very present in the following centuries until the 19th century. In the middle of the 19th century, Jews, mostly from the surrounding villages, established a community in Klatovy. A synagogue and a cemetery were opened ...
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Carlsbad, Karlovy Vary in Czech, is a city famous for its spa complex and its festival. The Jewish presence in Carlsbad was “only intermittent” until the middle of the 19th century, being forbidden to stay there and mainly coming to work occasionally from surrounding villages. Others came on holiday. The Jewish communities in Vienna, Prague and Berlin contributed to the creation ...
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