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    Josefov (also Jewish Quarter; German: Josefstadt) is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto...
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    The Stolpersteine in Prague-Josefov lists the Stolpersteine in the town quarter Josefov of Prague, the former Jewish quarter of the city. Stolpersteine...
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    The Jewish Town Hall (Czech: Židovská radnice) in Josefov, Prague, was constructed adjacent to the Old New Synagogue on the corner of Maiselova and Červená...
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    by the Charles Bridge is the Lesser Town of Prague (Czech: Malá Strana). The former Jewish Town (Josefov) is located in the northwest corner of Old Town...
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    Altneuschul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Josefov, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue is Europe's oldest active synagogue...
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    former Jewish Ghetto of Josefov. When Czechoslovakia gained independence, the Prague Germans experienced discrimination. Prague Mayor Karel Baxa banned...
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    Statue of Franz Kafka (category Josefov (Prague))
    Jaroslav Róna was installed on Vězeňská street in the Jewish Quarter of Prague, Czech Republic in December 2003. It is situated near the Spanish Synagogue...
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    Jewish district, called Josefov, was included only in 1850. The Industrial Revolution produced great changes and developments in Prague, as new factories could...
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    the Holy Spirit (Czech: Kostel svatého Ducha) is a Gothic church in Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic. "Church of the Holy Spirit". "Church of the Holy Ghost"...
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    called the Josefov Vysoká Synagogue (Czech: Vysoká synagoga), is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Červená ulice (Red Street), Prague, in the...
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    obvod) of the same name. Prague 1 includes most of the medieval heart of the city. All of Staré Město (the Old Town) and Josefov (the Jewish Quarter) are...
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    Conservative Jewish synagogue, located in the area of the so-called Jewish Town, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was completed in 1868 in the Moorish...
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    Pinkas Synagogue (category Josefov (Prague))
    the Jewish Town of Prague, in the Czech Republic. Completed in 1535, the synagogue the second oldest surviving synagogue in Prague and was completed in...
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    University Press. ISBN 9781107037625. "Prague Jewish Quarter (Josefov) - what to see in Prague - Czech Republic". www.prague.cz. Spicer, Joaneath (1996). "The...
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    now stands. It is about 10 times bigger than the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov and provides space for approximately 100,000 graves, therefore having the...
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  • Josefov is a town quarter in Prague, Czech Republic, known as the Jewish quarter. Josefov may also refer to places in the Czech Republic: Josefov (Hodonín...
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    Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the former Jewish quarter of Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was built at the end of the 16th century...
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    and Africa. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jewish cemetery Prague-Josefov. Pěkný, Tomáš (2001). Historie Židů v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha: Sefer...
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    Klausen Synagogue (category Josefov (Prague))
    קלויז שול, romanized: kloyz shul) is a former Jewish synagogue located in Prague, in the Czech Republic. The congregation was established in the 1570s, and...
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    religious school in Josefov district in Prague, which operated between 1908 and 1942. The school was run by the Jewish Community of Prague. The director was...
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    Quarter") (1784) – Prague 1, Prague 5 Nové Město (New Town) (1784) – Prague 1, Prague 2, Prague 8 Staré Město (Old Town) (1784) – Prague 1 Josefov (Jewish Quarter)...
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    Republic of Ragusa. Established in 1738 by the former Republic of Venice. Josefov, Prague; formerly the Jewish ghetto Jewish Quarter of Trebic Theresienstadt...
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  • June: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 held. 17 June: Revolutionary uprising near Prague crushed by imperial army. Old Town Hall rebuilt. 1850 Josefov becomes...
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    of his life he moved back to Prague, where he died in 1609. Loew is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague in Josefov, where his grave and tombstone...
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  • Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town Fortress Josefov and Josefov (Prague) – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Halasovo Kunštátsko – František...
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    Strahov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstraɦof]) is a district of Prague in the Czech Republic. It lies on the west bank of the Vltava, west of Petřín hill, Malá...
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    administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jewish Ceremonial Hall, Prague-Josefov. 50°05′24″N 14°25′01″E / 50.0900°N...
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    who served as a leading rabbi in Prague for most of his life. He is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, and his grave, with its tombstone...
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    The New Town (Czech: Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent...
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    David Gans (category Writers from Prague)
    Prague. There he came into contact with Kepler and Tycho Brahe, and took part for three consecutive days in astronomical observations at the Prague observatory...
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