1349-00-00-Austria
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1349 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Krems, Vienna | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | Austria | |
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | Earthquake | |
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | 500 per day | + |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Plague | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | Black Death | |
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Latin | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Flagellants, Jews, Pogrom, Water poisoning | |
| FactGridIDIdentifier of an item in FactGrid database | Q1871822 | |
| last edited | 3. 03. 2026 by Martin Bauch. |
In 1349, after an earthquake, the Plague arrived in Austria together with flagellants. Around the feast of St John the baptist the disease was so severe that in Vienna 500 funerals were held per day. The disease spread because wells and other waters had been poisoned by the Jews who where persecuted all over the country.
Text originalOriginal text
A.D. 1349 incepit pestilencia scilicet post terre motum, et pestilenciam quidam prevenientes per ecclesias nudati usque ad cingulum acutis flagellis usque ad effusionem sanguinis se flagellantes decurrebant cum cantu de passione Domini, plurimos aspicientes in lacrimas commovebant. [...] Mox circa festum Iohannis baptiste facta est pestilencia qualis nunquam audita vel visa est, ita ut in civitate Wiennensi una die 500 funera haberentur, et tamen omnes rite sacramentalibus procurati per triduum et quasi dormiendo et cum magno fetore leniter decesserunt; ulcera habentes quidam circa genitalia sicca, quidam vesicas in cute. De quibus suspicati sunt quidam, Iudeos hoc in ulcionem inter christianos effecisse, quodam pulvere fontes et omnes aquas per necessarios eciam christianos infecisse; de quibus plurimi sunt exusti et in superioribus partibus omnes Iudei occisi et iugulati sunt; eciam in Chrems circa festum sancti Michahelis omnes Iudeorum domus aduste sunt, paucis Iudeis evadentibus. Quapropter dux Albertus, fautor Iudeorum, omnes adiacentes villas iussit spoliare. Iems nebulosa, ver optimus et floridus.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
A.D. 1349 the pestilence began, namely after the earthquake. And before the pestilence, certain people, going through the churches naked to the waist, ran about scourging themselves with sharp whips to the shedding of blood, singing of the Passion of the Lord, moving many onlookers to tears. [...] Soon, around the feast of St John the Baptist, there arose a pestilence such as had never been heard of or seen, so that in the city of Vienna 500 funerals were held in a single day. And yet all were duly provided with the sacraments, and within three days they died gently, as if falling asleep, though with a great stench. Some had dry ulcers around the genitals; others had blisters upon the skin. Concerning this, some suspected that the Jews had brought it about among the Christians in vengeance, having infected the wells and all waters with a certain powder, even through Christians employed for this purpose. Of these, many were burned, and in the upper regions all the Jews were killed and slaughtered. Likewise in Krems, around the feast of St Michael, all the houses of the Jews were burned, only a few Jews escaping. Wherefore Duke Albert, a supporter of the Jews, ordered all the neighbouring villages to be plundered. The winter was foggy; the spring most excellent and full of blossoms.
Reference to earthquake (of Villach in January 1348) indicates a dating issue here
