Jewish Vienna

Schwedenplatz/Rotenturmstraße, Vienna
duration about 2 hours

Bey mir bistu sheyn – Jewish Vienna from the Middle Ages to the present-day Austria

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Details

  • time of start can be booked individually
  • duration: about 2 hours
  • only bookable for groups
  • price on request

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Highlights

  • jewish Vienna through the ages
  • biographies of famous viennese jews
  • hidden jewish cultural goods

Description

 

In the year 1934 around 2 Mio. people lived in the city of Vienna. 170.000 of those people were Jews. When the population of Vienna was counted again in 1954 after WWII the population of Vienna had dropped to 1,6 Mio. people. Merely about 2.000 of those people were Jews.

The history of Jews in Vienna goes far beyond the Shoah and reaches back way into the Middle Ages. Why did the Austrian rulers of the Babenberg family encourage Jews to settle in Vienna? And what did the eviction of the jewish community in the 17th century had to do with the miscarriages of empress Margarita Teresa? Find answers to those questions and learn much more about the Jewish community in Vienna on this tour!

 


Route

  • 1

    Meeting point

    Schwedenplatz / Rotenturmstraße in front of McDonalds

  • 2

    Seitenstettengasse

    Stadttempel

  • 3

    Judenplatz

    Holocaust Memorial

  • 4

    Dr. Helmut Zilk Platz

    Monument against War and Fascism

  • 5

    End of tour

    St. Stephen’s Square – Giant Gate (of St. Stephen`s Cathedral)


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