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15th–17th centuries

Expulsion of the Jews of Cologne

1424·Cologne

Toll
toll not established

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the privilege of residence is not renewed, the community leaves the city and does not return until the nineteenth century

The Jewish presence in Cologne was among the oldest north of the Alps, attested by an imperial edict from the fourth century. Reconstituted after the massacres of the Black Death, the community lived under a residence privilege that the city council renewed periodically in exchange for payment. It was not renewed.

The inhabitants were compelled to leave the city; the synagogue, built near the town hall, was converted into a municipal chapel. The ban on residence was maintained for nearly four centuries and fell only with the French occupation and emancipation. Excavations conducted on the town hall square have since uncovered the medieval quarter, its mikveh and its synagogue.

Period :
15th–17th centuries
Type :
Expulsion
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

*Germania Judaica*, volume III ; Sven Schütte, *Die Kölner Archäologische Zone* ; Salo Baron, *A Social and Religious History of the Jews*.

At the same place7

  1. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  2. 1146Preaching of the monk Raoulinconnu
  3. 1349Black Death massacresinconnu
  4. 1509Johannes Pfefferkorn obtains from Maximilian I the seizure of Hebrew books from the Rhinelandtoll not established
  5. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Colognebilan non établi
  6. 21 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Colognebilan non établi
  7. Déc. 1959 – janv. 1960Wave of antisemitic desecrationstoll not established

In the same country298

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  5. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  6. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  7. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée
  8. Juin 1096Massacre of Cologne refugees in the Middle Rhine towninconnu

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 594 of 2483, in chronological order · 15th–17th centuries: 278 events in the catalogue

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