Judenburg - Austrian town, located in the federal state of Styria, on the banks of the river Mur. The city is situated at an altitude of 737 meters above sea level. The first written mention of the area dates back to the year 1074, it is a castle Eppenshtayn. While Jewish merchants occupied the territory of modern Judenburg, where he was an important trade route from the valley of the river Mur through a mountain pass in Carinthia.

Judenburg received town privileges in 1224 and gradually grew into an important trading center. One of the major commodities produced in the city, was valerian, whose raw material used for the production of scented soap. The city is home to 22 wealthy Jew who actively invest in the development of urban infrastructure. In 1496 the Jews were expelled from Judenburg by Emperor Maximilian I, however, when Emperor Franz Joseph I could return.

At the beginning of the 20th century the city was a center of the steel industry. Today, only a small portion of industrial production remained in the city.

During the Nazi era there was an idea to rename the city to remove the names of all the associations with Jews. Zirbenshtadt options under consideration, however, the discussion was postponed until the end of the Second World War. As a result, renaming did not take place.

Most of the population was wiped out by the Nazis Judenburg. Today, the city is home to several hundred Jews.

The most interesting to visit the Jewish quarter of the city around the church of St. Nicholas, though of old buildings is little left. Church of St. Nicholas was rebuilt in 1673 in Baroque style, were later introduced and Renaissance elements. The interior of the temple are the figures of the 12 apostles of the work of local sculptor Balthasar Brandshtattara. Next to the altar is kept a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child in 1500. Church of Mary Magdalene is famous for its restored Gothic stained glass. In Judenburg museum of local lore.