Jan. 21, 1697

“Decision/Conclusion” (‘Conclusum’) of the Senate of Frankfurt [Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt/Holy Roman Empire]: “[…] all Jews who have shops/stalls outside of their alley/ghetto (‘Gasse’) in the city [of Frankfurt], are to close these – without exception […] within 14 days of publication of this edict […] Inn-keepers, hostel-owners, and such are no longer permitted to rent rooms to [foreign] Jews for this purpose […]” [Researcher’s note: The above decision of the Senate was made public on January 27, 1697.]
Sammlung der Verordnungen der Reichsstadt Frankfurt von Johnn Conradin Beyerbach. Vierter Theil. Commerciengesetze (Collection of ordinance of the Imperial City of Frankfurt. Part four. Commercial Laws); (Frankfurt am Main; 1798); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 3/22/2020