Informations regarding the Jewish history of Burghaun
In Burghaun Protestants, Catholics and Jews constituted the municipal
community and lived more or less peacefully together. Around 1900
Burghaun featured the second to the largest Jewish congregations of
the county totalling 189 members within a total population of 1174.
In 1939 only 33 Jews were left, and as of 1943 none at all.
Total view from
Burghaun
before 1938 -
On the left next
to both churches
one can clearly
see the
synagogue
