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The first mention of Jews in Boskovice is from 1343. After 1454, many Jews expelled from Brno came to Boskovice. In the first half of the 16th century, the Jewish community was established. A closed ghetto separated from the town with two gates was established in 1727. After 1848, The Jewish community of Boskovice has become a politically ...
Boskovice, Czech Republic. BOSKOVICE (Ger. Boskowitz), town in Moravia, Czech Republic. Its Jewish community was one of the oldest and, from the 17 th to 19 th centuries, one of the most important. A Jewish tombstone there was thought to date from 1069. Jews from Boskovice are mentioned in decisions of the Brno municipal high court in 1243.
Town in Moravia in today’s Czech Republic. Boskovice (Ger., Boskowitz) is one of the oldest Jewish communities in Moravia; a Hebrew tombstone from 1069 and a court document dated 1243 attest to the early presence of Jews. The Jewish cemetery dates to at least the sixteenth century. Boskovice’s first synagogue was built in 1698 and was ...
Boskovice's town information center has copies, in English, of a pamphlet written by local historian Dr. Jan Bransky, "The Boskovice Jewish Ghetto Sights." It locates and describes nearly 30 houses, the synagogue, the mikvah, the hospice, yeshivah, the butcher shops and some of the history of the thousands of Jewish families who lived and worked in these buildings.
Town in Moravia in today’s Czech Republic. Boskovice (Ger., Boskowitz) is one of the oldest Jewish communities in Moravia; a Hebrew tombstone from 1069 and a court document dated 1243 attest to the early presence of Jews. The Jewish cemetery dates to at least the sixteenth century. Boskovice’s first synagogue was built in 1698 and was ...
Let’s start with the aristocratic sights. Boskovice is not a large town, but you will have no problem spending the whole day here admiring lavish places of residence. The ruins of a Gothic castle in the forest on a hill represent the oldest one. Be sure to head up there if you like romantic ruins. These are very well-preserved, you can see a ...
BOSKOVICE (Ger. Boskowitz ), town in Moravia, Czech Republic. Its Jewish community was one of the oldest and, from the 17 th to 19 th centuries, one of the most important. A Jewish tombstone there was thought to date from 1069. Jews from Boskovice are mentioned in decisions of the Brno municipal high court in 1243.
