13th–14th centuries
Black Death Massacres in Austria
1349·Stein an der Donau
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 along with that of Krems
The community of Stein an der Donau was destroyed at the same time as that of Krems, its immediate neighbor on the river.
The two towns formed but a single Danubian trading entity, and their Jewish communities lived off the same traffic in wine and salt; they were annihilated in the same movement.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Sources
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.