The History of Vysoká Libyně
In the second half of the 18th century the power over Hochlibin and the surrounding communities
belonged to the Counts Wallis and Wenzel Ko_ka, Prague, writes the following in his history of
Hochlibin about the Jews then:
"Hochlibin never had a Jewish Community of its own since the Jews here always belonged to the
congregation in Wallisgrün.
"In 1820 there were 49 Jews in Hochlibin, around 1880 there were still 20 Head (sic) and now
there is not a single Jew living in Hochlibin anymore. The last Jewish family, Theodor Hönig
sold its property here (a store and farm) in 1929 and moved to Falkenau a./E. [...sorry don¹t
know what that is, maybe "an der Elbe"].
"About 25-30 years ago the Hochlibin Jews constituted their own prayer group and had their own
house of prayer in the home of F. Ignaz Abeles, who at the time was also the Chairman and record
keeper of the Jewish Congregation Wallisgrün."