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Prague Jewish Quarter (Josefov)

Named after the emperor Josef II, whose reforms helped to ease living conditions for the Jewish, the Jewish Quarter contains the remains of Prague's former Jewish ghetto. As many of the Jewish died during the WWII and were forced by the communist regime to leave the country, the current Prague community numbers 5000 – 6000 people. There are two figures synonymous with this part of the city, Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924) and the mystical humunculus Golem created by Jehuda ben Bezalel, also known as Rabi Löw. Some of the monuments in this area:

Old Jewish Cemetery (Starý židovský høbitov)
Pinkas Synagogue (Pinkasova Synagóga)
Klausen Synagogue (Klausová synagóga)
Old-New Synagogue (Staronová synagóga) High Synagogue (Vysoká synagoga)
Jewish Town Hall (Židovská radnice)
Maisel Synagogue (Maiselova synagoga)
Church of the Holy Ghost (Kostel sv. Ducha)
Spanish Synagogue (Španìlská synagóga)
St Agnes's Convent (Klášter sv. Anežky)
The Rudolfinum (Rudilfinum)