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Minor Jewry Gate (Kleine Judenpforte)

Minor Jewry Gate (Kleine Judenpforte)

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Minor Jewry Gate (Kleine Judenpforte)

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Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Bumble-Bee

February 6, 2021

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Even if the remains of the heavy iron chains in the archway to Judengasse suggest otherwise: The Jewish quarter of Triers was not a ghetto in which the Jews were forced to live. Rather, the Jews who had already lived in Trier in Roman times joined together voluntarily in “their” neighborhood, not only to live near the Jewish synagogue and mikveh and to be among their co-religionists, but also because it was closely encircled The area on the Sabbath became a so-called “Eruv”, in which the ban on wearing was partially excluded and the Sabbath was thereby made easier.

(trier-info.de/sehenswuerdheiten/judengasse)

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Lemming

January 26, 2021

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The Judenpforte testifies to the more than problematic history that connects the city of Trier and Judaism.
Therefore, one can wish that the city and cultural administration bring this historical …

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Peter62

October 21, 2019

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The gate was built in 1219 (and later structurally changed several times) and formed one of the entrances to the medieval Jewish quarter in Trier. In the evening the Jewish residents had to withdraw from the city to this quarter and the gates were locked overnight.
m.trier.de/kultur-freizeit/geschichte/ueberblick/trier-im-frueh-und-hochmittelalter/judenviertel

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