Jews and Judaism in Vienna

Leopoldstadt (; ; "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal district of Vienna () in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th district), forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube. It is named after Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Due to its relatively high percentage of Jewish inhabitants before the Holocaust (38.5 percent in 1923), Leopoldstadt gained the nickname ('Matzo Island'). This context was a significant aspect for the district twinning with the New York City borough Bro

painting by Gustav Klimt

2015 film directed by Simon Curtis

The Stadttempel (), also called the Seitenstettengasse Temple, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at Seitenstettengasse 4, in the Innere Stadt 1st district of Vienna, Austria. Completed in 1826, it is the main synagogue in Vienna. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

building in Vienna, Austria

sports club in Austria

Austrian actor (1919–2009)

Austrian writer, art critic and salonholder (1864-1945)

Jewish organization in Vienna, Austria

model for Gustav Klimt and art collector (1881-1925)

painting by Gustav Klimt

Austrian swimmer (1907-1976)

cemetery

memorial in Vienna, Austria

Judenplatz (German, 'Jewish Square') is a town square in Vienna's Innere Stadt that was the center of Jewish life and the Viennese Jewish Community in the Middle Ages. It is located in the immediate proximity of Am Hof square, Schulhof, and Wipplingerstraße. It exemplifies the long and eventful history of the city and the Jewish community focused on this place. Archaeological excavations of the medieval synagogue are viewable underground by way of the museum on the square, Misrachi-Haus. Two sculptural works, a carved relief and several inscribed texts are located around the square that all ha

1924 film by Hans Karl Breslauer

"Buchmendel" is a 1929 short story by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the tragic story of an eccentric but brilliant book peddler, Jakob Mendel, who spends his days trading in one of Vienna's many coffeehouses. With his encyclopaedic mind and devotion to literature, the Poland-born Russian-Jewish immigrant is not only tolerated but liked and admired by both the owner of his local Café Gluck and the cultured Viennese clients with whom he interacts in the pre-war period. In 1915, however, he is falsely accused of collaborating with Austria's enemies and is dispatched to a concentratio

Austrian writer and politician (1812-1884)

15th century Austrian Jewish pogrom

Austrian book publisher

Olympic swimmer (1910-1994)

sculpture in Vienna by Alfred Hrdlicka

museum in Vienna, Austria dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion

thumb|Flódni at a café in Vienna. Flódni (also known as Fächertorte in Austria) is a traditional Hungarian Jewish pastry, filled with layers of apple, walnuts, poppy seeds, and plum jam. It is traditionally eaten at Purim and Hanukkah.

Austrian sprinter

Jewish student association in Vienna

president of the Jewish community Vienna, Austria

aspect of history

cemetery

palace

Austrian businessman

building in Innere Stadt, Austria

former hospital in Austria

(1822-1877)