From market towns like Měcholupy to the spa town of Teplice, each location tells its own unique story of culture, resilience, and connection over the centuries. Explore the evolution of these places and their significance to Jewish heritage.
Měcholupy/Zelec (Bohemia)
Měcholupy is a market town in the Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of Bohemia within the Czech Republic It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Zelec is a very small village about…
Široké Třebčice (Bohemia)
Jews lived in the village from the early 17th Century and slowly over the following decades several more families moved into the village. The Jewish quarter took up the entire northern part of…
Třebivlice/Vlastislav
Třebivlice is a small town lying at southern edge of the Bohemian Uplands about half way between the larger towns of Most and Litoměřice. Vlastislav is a very small village a few kilometres…
Louny (Bohemia)
In the midst of the beautiful Central Bohemian Uplands, early settlements occupied this site on the river Ohre for many centuries. The first town was called Redintuinum in the 2nd century CE. In…
Teplice (Bohemia)
A spa town. The location of the town is on a rocky spur below the Ore Mountains, the river Bilina runs through the town and a legend states that healing waters from local…
Litoměřice (Bohemia)
Settlements have existed on the banks of the River Elba (Labe in Czech) on the boundary between the Central Bohemian Uplands and the Krušné Mountains for many thousands of years. In the 2nd…
Plsen (Bohemia)
At end of 19th C Jewish population numbered over 2000. A new Reform Synagogue was built in 1893. People Schick Family moved hereRabbi Isak’ s congregation in Stenovice
Mlada Boleslav (Bohemia)
A city in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. Mlada Boleslav is located on the left bank of the Jizera River, 31 miles (50km) northeast of Prague. Until 1918 Mlada Boleslav and the…
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