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Judenburg appears to have shelted the earliest Jewish community of Styria; the name may provide a hint of a Jewish

Jews lived in Eggenburg during the entire 14th century. They suffered from the persecution that followed the host desecration accusation

During 1362 and 1400, five Jewish families lived in Enns. They resided, among others, in the “Judenstrazz” (today Kaltenbrunnergasse) between

Jewish presence in Klagenfurt can be traced for a period of about 700 years. The first Jewish presence in Klagenfurt

The town ordinances and privileges of mid-13th century Sankt Veit an der Glan include some paragraphs concerning Jews, which hint

The first mention of land belonging to Jews dates from 1255. Friesach with its toll was in the 14th century

In 1285 the Jew Marchlin owned land in Gurk, for which he paid interest.

Some Jews are mentioned in the first half of the 14th century. All the Jews lived in the house of

During 1218-1222 the chronicler Caesarius of Heisterbach mentions a baptized Jewish woman and her mother. In 1335 the synagogue of

Villach had one of the oldest Jewish communities having a synagogue (first mentioned in 1354) and a cemetery, dating from