13th–14th centuries
Black Death massacres in Austria
1349·Korneuburg
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 Korneuburg was destroyed during the Black Death.
The town had already experienced, a generation earlier, an accusation of host desecration that had served as a pretext for violence; the inquiry then conducted by the Bishop of Passau had concluded it was a fraud, and the massacre took place nonetheless. That of the plague put an end to this Jewish community.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Sources
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.