The Yiddish word shtetl (“[small] town”; pl. shtetlach), distinct from shtot (“large town,” “city”), was used to describe the type of settlement that was most frequently the home of Eastern European Jews from the 13th century onward. The shtetl usually consisted of a few thousand inhabitants, sometimes the ma…
Shtetl(6,080 words)
Cite this page
Miron, Dan, “Shtetl”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 02 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0785>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
▲ Back to top ▲