Jewish quarter (diaspora)

A Jewish quarter in which the Jewish population lived and worked there since the Middle Ages in many cities in Germany. Completed neighborhood where Jews lived, are - was introduced since this term in 1516 in Venice for that - but also referred to as the ghetto.

The common living of the Jews in a particular district was based in the Middle Ages on religious principles, such as the commandment not to continue to live as a thousand steps of the synagogue. Living together in a street but was also due to the need of protection, the protection of Jews resident in a city.

Typical of a medieval city was the living and life by occupation. So there were, among others, a baker, a blacksmith or Weber alley. A private road for the Jews as a group of the medieval city dwellers was therefore nothing special. In any Jewish neighborhoods there was a synagogue school, a bathroom, the so-called " mikveh ", a hospital and a private cemetery. According to their dietary laws the Jews had their own butchers and bakers. Though the Jews were not admitted into guilds, they worked but for their community in many different professions. their community also had some advice. example, the Jewish community was formed, although a kind of city within the city, without distinction or exclusion of the other residents.

Examples are the

• Jews Lane (Berlin)
• Judengasse
• Jewish street ( Gernsbach )
• North Street ( Hanau )
• Jewish street (Cologne)
• Jewish street ( Koblenz )
• Jewish street ( Rothenburg ob der Tauber )
• Jewish street (Salzburg)
• Jewish street (Stuttgart)
• Jewish street (Trier)
• Jüdengasse ( Naumburg ) → Naumburg / history

Also in other cities such as Aachen, Ahrweiler, Bad Homburg, Bad Vilbel, Coburg, Eggenfelden, Herford, Nördlingen, Ravensburg, Speyer, Tübingen, Waiblingen, Worms, in Naters and Solothurn in Switzerland, in Krems indicates the Danube and Matter castle in Austria, or were there Jews streets. In the middle of the forest, the Jewish quarter was right next to the parish church and cemetery. This despite from long ago renamed the original name is more common among natives of the.