The first information of a Jewish Community in Goessing in the Burgenland region dates back to the 15th century and was founded by Jewish refugees from Styria. The community gained independence from the Jewish community of Rechnitz in 1728. The community in Güssing flourished under Duke Philip Batthyány and had 520 members in 1840. In 1857 there were 750 Jews in Goessing, in 1880 the number fell to 269 and in 1938 to 142.A major income was trade with leather and wool and Jews also ran a factory for the production of potash and lubricating grease.
The community maintained several communal institutions: a synagogue was built in 1839, a mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) and a cemetery established in 1772. There were also Jewish cultural, welfare and women organizations: Chevra Kadischa (burial society), Zedokoh (charity organization), Frauenverein (women’s organization).
As in other Jewish communities of the Burgenland area, the fate of the Jews of Goessing changed immediately after the annexation of Austria in 1938. Jews were arrested, deprived of their possessions and deported to Hungary and Yugoslavia. Some of them managed to get to Vienna. By June 1938 there were no Jews living in Goessing.