Mecklenburg Gazetteer: Jewish Communities

by Daniel Schlyter

The following is a list of the locations of Jewish communities in Mecklenburg- Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. An asterisk (*) indicates no records of this community are available at the Family History Library.

Rostock (Largest Jewish community with 350 Jews in 1905. Jews were excluded from the city until 1867.)

Schwerin (Second largest Jewish community. The synagogue was built in 1773.)

Güstrow (Third largest Jewish community.)

Parchim (Fourth largest Jewish community.)

Other Jewish communities:

Boizenburg

Brüel

Butzow

Crivitz

Dargun

Doberan*

Dömitz

Feldberg*

Friedland*

Fürstenberg*

Gadebusch

Gnoien

Goldberg

Grabow

Grevesmühlen*

Güstrow

Hagenow

Krakow

Kröpelin

Laage

Ludwigslust

Lübz

Lübthen

Malchin

Malchow

Marlow

Mirow*

Neubrandenburg*

Neubukow*

Neukalen

Neustadt

Neustrelitz*

Parchim

Penzlin

Plau

Rehna

Ribnitz

Rossow

Rostock

Röbel

Schwerin

Stavenhagen

Sternberg

Strelitz (The synagogue was built in 1763.)

Sulze

Tessin

Tetterow

Waren

Warin

Wesenberg*

Wismar

Wittenberg

Woldegk*