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Kobersdorf (Kabold in Hungarian) is a town in Eastern Austria in the Burgenland region. Kobersdorf, like the other towns of Burgenland, belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1920-21.
After the end of the First World War, the western border area of Hungary was awarded to Austria by the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon. Since 1921, the town has belonged to the newly founded State of Burgenland. Kobersdorf was one of the שֶבַע קְהִלּוֹת - Sheva Kehillot - Seven Communities, in the Burgenland region. Its synagogue, built in 1860, is the only one in the seven communities that still stands. Since its restoration, it has been used for memorial services.
The Jewish community in Kobersdorf was established in 1526-1527.
The Jewish citizens of Kobersdorf were fully integrated in the fields of art and culture, as well as sports. We find representatives of the Kobersdorfer Jews in many images and documents of the theater society, music groups, the sports club and town festivals. The Jews who fell in World War I are noted at the war memorial, just as the athletes and officials are listed in the various memorial publications. The sports club dedicated the following obituary to them: ‘We want to commemorate our dear athletes and officials, who stayed out there in foreign soil or perished in concentration camps'.
(Sources: Hausensteiner Margarethe, Kobersdorf. Ein Ort in seiner Geschichte, Tradition und Entwicklung, Kobersdorf o.J.)
There is very little information available on the fate of the Jews of Kobersdorf after the Anschluss in 1938.
Kobersdorf's synagogue, though in poor condition, remains present in the town. Thus far only the most essential structural operations have been carried out to save the synagogue from total collapse.
The 5.690m² Kobersdorf Jewish cemetery, established in the mid-19th century, is the only forest cemetery in Burgenland.
Testimony of Shlomo Heker Givon, born in Kobersdorf.
Source:
http://www.scholemandfriends.com/JH/Kobersdorf/JH-Kobersdorf.htm