The history of the Jews in Switzerland extends back at least a thousand years. Jews and Judaism have been present in the territory of what is now Switzerland since before the emergence of the medieval
The "Decree on Jewish Rural Trade" („Verordnung wegen der Juden Handel auf der Landschaft“, 1768), in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland in Basel
The synagogue of Lengnau
Synagogengasse, Neumarkt in Zurich
Two separate doors (one for Jews and one for Christians) on a house in Endingen
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Surbtal is a river valley region in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
History of the Jews in Switzerland
…of Swiss Jews in the 18th century is the 1768 Sammlung Jüdischer Geschichten by Johann Caspar Ulrich. Beginning in 1603, the deceased Jews of the Surbtal communities were buried on a small island in the river Rhein, called Judenäule ("Jew's island") which had been leased to the Jewish community. As the…
Surbtal (Surb valley) at Lengnau as seen from the Lägern chain
Tegerfelden towards Leibstadt
Ehrendingen and Lengnau towards Leibstadt
replic of the gravestone of Ulrich I von Regensberg at the Regensberg Castle