The unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
Nehemias Kranberg, Ph.D.
Rabbi, Hermanmiestec, Bohemia, Austria.
Contributions:
HERMANMIESTETZ –
City in Bohemia. Jews were living there as early as 1509, engaged in commerce and money-lending; but the Jewish community proper dates from 1591. The Jews were confined to a ghetto under the protectorate of the overlords of the...