13th–14th centuries
Black Death massacres in Alsace
1349·Kaysersberg
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 Kaysersberg was destroyed during the Black Death.
Like the other cities of the Alsatian Decapole, Kaysersberg had committed itself to the agreement of Benfeld, where the delegates decided the fate of the Jews before the plague had even reached their walls.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Sources
Actes de l'assemblée de Benfeld ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.