Distribution of Jews in the middle of Europe near 1350

Map of the Plague and the anti-Jewish riots

This map shows the locations where anti-Jewish riots took place during the Plague (Black Death) near 1348-1350. The map is from Encyclopaedia Judaica: Black death, vol. 4, col. 1065-1066.

Some details of the Frankfurt pogrom in 1349 are written in a historic report (german language). One of the earlier pogroms (1241) is also reported. An example of the historic information in a city in the Netherlands is found in the book "Onse Joeden" by H.D. van den Berg.

traceable reports of pogroms

1095-1096: at least 11 cities (Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Cologne, Trier, Neuss, Xanten, and Rouen, Reims, Verdun, Metz). Related to the People's Crusade
1147: one event in Wurzberg
1187: one event in Neuss
1189-1190: 7 cities reported: Colchester, Thetford, Ospringe, Lincoln (1189) and Stamford, Bury St. Edmonds, York (1190); Britain. Related to the Third Crusade
1241: one event in Frankfurt
1298: 146 villages and cities (Rintfleisch massacres, Thuringia)
1309:one event in Born (Netherlands), and "similar incidents" in Hasselt, Sint-Truiden, Tienen, Geldenaken, Leuven, Genappe, Brussel en 's-Hertogenbosch. Probably related to the Crusade of the poor
1336-1338: 120 communities (Armleder persecutions, Alsace, Rheinland, Bavaria)
1347-1350: 343 cities listed in Spain, France, Flanders, Netherlands, Germany, Austria; Will Durant (1953) mentions 510 communities. Related to the Black Death
1370: one event in Brussels
1289: one event in Prague
1391: 19 locations reported (Iberia)