Mediaș — Mediasch in German, Medgyes in Hungarian — is a fortified Saxon town on the Târnava Mare river, between Sibiu and Târgu Mureș. Its Jewish community was founded after 1848 and numbered about 700 in 1930. Its late-19th-century synagogue stands at the edge of the town wall, beside the former school and mikveh. In the Second World War the town remained in Romania and its Jews were not deported, but most left in the 1950s and 1960s. The community archive, discovered in the synagogue in 2008, has been catalogued and digitised.
A small community in a fortified Saxon town, founded after 1848, built a synagogue at the edge of the town wall and came through the war without deportation. Most of its Jews left in…
A small community in a fortified Saxon town, founded after 1848, built a synagogue at the edge of the town wall and…
The Federation’s directory lists no Jewish community in Mediaș. The nearest registered community is in Sibiu, about 45 km away as the crow flies.
Details from the community directory of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Contact the community before visiting to arrange access to the synagogue or cemetery and to ask about a minyan and kosher food. FCER community directory
str. Kogălniceanu 45 · Built in 1896
From the list of synagogues of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Synagogues marked “In use” are listed as functioning. The others still stand but may be closed or used as a museum or hall. Arrange visits with the community in advance. FCER list
str. Vlahuţă
str. Petrolistului
str. Păcii
From the Federation’s cemetery list (2007). Arrange visits in advance with the community, which holds the keys.
Map of Jewish cemeteries in RomaniaAstronomical calculation for the town-centre coordinates, sea-level horizon, Romanian time: dawn 16.1°, tallit & tefillin 11.5°, nightfall 7.083°, candle lighting 18 minutes before sunset, Shabbat ends 8.5°. For orientation only; consult a rabbi on questions of halacha.
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