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Kiryat Mattersdorf

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Kiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem
Kiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem

Kiryat Mattersdorf (Hebrew: קרית מטרסדורף) is a Haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is located on the northern edge of the mountain plateau on which central Jerusalem lies. It is named after Mattersburg (formerly Mattersdorf), a town in Austria with a long Jewish history. It borders Kiryat Itri and Romema. The main thoroughfare is Panim Meirot Street, which segues into Sorotzkin Street at the neighborhood's eastern end. In 2015, Kiryat Mattersdorf had approximately 700 residents.A lesser known name for the neighborhood is Kiryat Sheva Kehillos, in memory of the Siebengemeinden (Seven Communities) of Burgenland which were destroyed in the Holocaust, Mattersdorf being one of them.

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Kiryat Mattersdorf
Panim Meirot, Jerusalem Romema

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Panim Meirot 9
9546522 Jerusalem, Romema
Jerusalem District, Israel
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