13th–14th centuries
Massacres of the Black Death in Upper Austria
1349·Steyr
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 Steyr was destroyed during the Black Death.
The city lived off the iron of the Styrian Erzberg, of which it was the great market; Jewish moneylenders financed this trade, and their disappearance deprived the city of its credit for a generation.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Sources
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.