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Founded in 1882, the Jewish community of Waidhoffen an der Thaya included the district of Gmünd, Zwettl, Pöggstall and Waidhofen

Jews were expelled from Styria in 1496/97. The edict claimed that Jews are to be excluded from Styria for “eternity”.

The Amstetten community has existed since 1881. It included the districts of Amstetten, Scheibs, Gaming, Haag, Melk, Persenbeug, St. Peter

Jewish settlement in Steyr dates back to the 14th century, but Jews may have been expelled from the town in

Jews living in Upper Austria might have been affected as well by the expulsion initiated by Emperor Leopold in 1669/70.

Jews were banned from Salzburg in 1498 by Archbishop Leonhard of Keutschach “forever and eternity”. Only with the Staatsgrundgesetz of

Several Jewish families lived in Innsbruck in the 17th century; during the 18th century, however, only four families for the

The Jewish settlement in Hohenems dates back to 1617, when the Graf Kaspar of Hohenems allowed Jewish families who had