Jews resettled in Klosterneuburg and Tulln from 1867 and founded in 1890 the “Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Tulln” with the official residence in Klosterneuburg. It included the districts of Klosterneuburg, Tulln, Atzenburg, and Kirchberg am Wagram.
In 1932, there were 714 Jews in Klosterneuburg and Tulln. The community maintained several communal institutions, a synagogue and a prayer house in Tulln. There was also a Chevra Kaddisha (burial organization) and a Jewish women’s organization Isr. Frauenwohltätigkeitsverein.
The first rabbi of the newly founded community was Dr. Leopold Weinsberg. He was succeeded by Dr. Adolf Schächter in 1897. Dr. Arnold Frankfurter took the office in 1934. Since the community belonged to the rabbinical district of St. Pölten, both rabbis served only in a supervising role; Wilhelm Steiner was the acting rabbi from 1910 to 1938. He was a graduate of the famous Pressburg Yeshiva (today Bratislava), taught religion and also served as a military rabbi. He was driven out from the synagogue during the Kristallnacht (November 9th, 1938) and had to flee to Vienna from where he escaped to the USA.