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 Orthodox Jews at the Karmeliterplatz in Leopoldstadt during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1915. The once flourishing Viennese Jewish culture was destroyed during the Holocaust. |
Leopoldstadt (, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal District of Vienna (German: 2. Bezirk). There are inhabitants (as of ) over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th district), forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube. It is named after Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Due to its relatively high percentage of Jewish inhabitants (38.5 per cent in 1923, i.e. before the Holocaust), Leopoldstadt gained the nickname Mazzesinsel ("Matzoh Island"). This context was a significant aspect for the district twinning with the New York City borough Brooklyn in 2007.
- Related: History of the Jews in Austria
| An entry from the aeiou Encyclopedia An entry from the aeiou Encyclopedia www.aeiou.at/.../l555000.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en - Web |
| Leopoldstadt Online Leopoldstadt Online found.at/leopoldstadt/ - Web |
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