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Project Jewish Halberstadt
Discover Jewish Halberstadt at your own pace with the Berend Lehmann Museum’s digital city tour. The city’s Jewish history is illustrated at ten locations with informative signage integrated into the cityscape. A QR code on each sign takes you directly to the website of the digital city tour, where you will find additional information about the respective location in both German and English, available as text and audio.
Since September 2023, the digital city tour has allowed visitors to explore the Jewish history of Halberstadt and its influential Jewish community independently and flexibly.
If you would like to delve deeper into Halberstadt’s Jewish history and culture, the Berend Lehmann Museum of Jewish History and Culture invites you to visit the Klaus (Rosenwinkel 18) and the Mikvah House (Judenstraße 25/26). You can also book a guided tour of the museum or a guided tour of Jewish Halberstadt.
To navigate
in the interactive map
You can either click from one location to the next on the map, or select a specific location from the menu at the top.
The story
of the Jews in Halberstadt
The earliest document that refers to the existence of Jews in Halberstadt is a letter of protection issued in 1261 by Bishop Volrad of Kranichfeld in conjunction with the city council and the citizens.
The inventory of the almost completely preserved archive of the Jewish community of Halberstadt begins with July 1641.
The tradition becomes considerably denser after the Thirty Years’ War, when the bishopric of Halberstadt lost its independence with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 and became part of Brandenburg-Prussia.
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Your guidance
Are you curious?
Halberstadt has a lot to offer. Feel free to visit our Berend Lehmann Museum, or book a guided city walk with one of our staff.
27.7.2023 / Tim / Houston / USA
It was a great way to explore the town and its history. Check out the museum its worth it.
20.7.2023 / Martina / Halberstadt / Germany
Interessant, was man so alles ueber seine eigene Stadt lernt. Danke schoen.
Answers
to common questions
to the project Jewish Halberstadt
The tour is available in both German and English. With a smartphone and an internet connection, you can choose the language that suits you best for the tour.
You can access the tour information either via our website or by scanning the QR code at each location with your smartphone.
The tour includes 10 stations that can either be accessed via this website or on site using a QR code that leads to the respective station.
The Berend Lehmann Museum of Jewish
History and culture is after the court Jew
Berend Lehmann (1661 – 1730) named, one of the
most important court Jews of his time.
The permanent exhibition of the Berend Lehmann Museum
shows the history of the Jewish community
Halberstadt exemplifies that of the Jews in Prussia.
