13th–14th centuries
Massacres of the Black Death in Alsace
1349·Guebwiller
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 Guebwiller, a town belonging to the abbey of Murbach, was destroyed during the Black Death.
The abbot exercised high justice there and drew an annual levy from the Jews; the massacre deprived him of this revenue just as it deprived the town of its moneylenders.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Sources
Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde ; Ginsburger, Les Juifs d'Alsace.