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The Jewish history of Prauge is very old. The Jewish community has been a fixture since the 1500s. At that time the jews Jews lived in the Judenstadt, or the Jewish Ghetto, a semi-automonous autonomous community. 1564-1611 was the golden age for Jewish Prague, when they enjoyed religous religious and economic freedom, and thrived as astronomers, mathematicians, philosophers and artists. This was also the peroid period of the Maharal, Rabbi Yehudah ben Betzalel Loew created the legendary Golem.In the 1700s the population of Prague was 25 percent Jewish and the largest Jewish community in the world. In 1745 Empress Maria Theresa expelled the jews Jews but they began to return in 1748.

Today the Josefov welcomes visitors all year round. You can visit the Jewish Museum which includes six different sites:Maisel Synagogue. Klausen Synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue, Spanish Synagogue, Old Jewish Cemetery, and the Ceremonial Hall.