13th–14th centuries
Massacres of the Black Death in Upper Austria
1349·Enns
Toll
inconnu
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
the community destroyed
The community of Enns, the oldest city in Upper Austria, was destroyed during the Black Death.
It had carried one of the oldest Jewish traditions in the duchy, attested by tombstones from the thirteenth century; it did not recover from this wave.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Sources
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.