13th–14th centuries
Massacres of the Black Death in Austria
1349·Sankt Pölten
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 Sankt Pölten was destroyed during the Black Death.
The Lower Austrian town is among those where Judaism disappeared despite the Habsburgs' policy of protection; it subsequently reconstituted itself, and Sankt Pölten counted among the Austrian communities gathered under the authority of the rabbis of Vienna.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Sources
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.