Editing Hohenems (section)

===Jewish heritage===
The Jewish community in Hohenems had its beginnings with a charter in 1617. Soon thereafter a [[synagogue]], a ritual bath ([[mikvah]]), a school and a poorhouse were built. A cemetery was established on the southern outskirts of town. Jewish economic activity in the town resulted in the first coffee house in 1797, and in 1841, the first bank and insurance company in Vorarlberg. The Hohenems Jewish community celebrated its golden era around 1862, with nearly 600 Jewish citizens, 12% of the population. The Jewish presence in town was terminated in 1942 with the [[deportation]] of the last remaining Jew, Frieda Nagelberg, to Vienna and eventually to [[Izbica]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Die letzte Jüdin in Hohenems: Frau Frieda Nagelberg (1889-1942) |url=http://zeitreisefuehrer-vorarlberg.blogspot.com/2013/01/die-letzte-judin-in-hohenems-frau.html |work=Zeitreisefuehrer – Vorarlberg |date=23 February 2017 |language=de}}</ref> Recently three Jewish people have moved into Hohenems.

[[File:Jüdisches Viertel Hohenems Panorama.jpg|thumb|left|A part of the Jewish quarter with the former synagogue]]
The synagogue survived the [[Kristallnacht]] without damage. It was acquired by the municipality after the war and converted into a fire station. All objects pertaining to its use as a synagogue were removed or destroyed. In 2001 the synagogue was renovated and it now used as a cultural centre.<ref>[http://www.jm-hohenems.at/index.php?id=2040&lang=1 Synagogue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093052/http://www.jm-hohenems.at/index.php?id=2040&lang=1 |date=2011-07-06 }} The Jewish Museum Hohenems, official website.</ref> The Jewish quarter, which has had historical preservation status since 1996, includes numerous townhouses and mansions surrounding the synagogue. Along with the former ''Christengasse'' ("Christian Lane"), renamed ''Marktstrasse'' (Market Street), it forms the urban core of Hohenems.

In 1991, the [[Jewish Museum of Hohenems|Jewish Museum Hohenems]] was opened in a mansion in the center of the Jewish quarter. The museum commemorates the history of the Jewish community in Hohenems. The many remaining objects it exhibits bear witness to the former flourishing Jewish community in Hohenems. As part of its remembrance culture, a section of the museum is dedicated to the memory of the darkest chapter in Vorarlberg history – the national socialist period, and its attempts to eliminate all traces of Jewish culture in Vorarlberg and beyond. The Jewish cemetery south of the town dates to the first Jewish settlement in 1617 and is still in use today. It contains more than 500 graves, with 370 surviving gravestones.<ref>[http://www.jm-hohenems.at/index.php?id=2050&lang=1 Jewish cemetery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093235/http://www.jm-hohenems.at/index.php?id=2050&lang=1 |date=2011-07-06 }} Jewish Museum Hohenems, official website. Retrieved July 8, 2010</ref>