▁part ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁city ▁square . ▁The ▁gh etto ▁had ▁a ▁syn agog ue , ▁a ▁Jewish ▁c emetery ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁Tal m ud ▁school . ▁The ▁Jewish ▁community ▁of ▁Mar ib or ▁was ▁numer ically ▁at ▁its ▁a pe x ▁around ▁ 1 4 1 0 . ▁After ▁ 1 4 5 0 ▁the ▁circumstances ▁changed ▁dram atically : ▁increasing ▁competition ▁that ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁an ▁economic ▁crisis ▁de alt ▁a ▁severe ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁economic ▁activities ▁that ▁were ▁cru cial ▁to ▁their ▁economic ▁success . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁dec ree ▁issued ▁by ▁Emperor ▁Maxim ilian   I ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 6 , ▁Jews ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Mar ib or . ▁Rest rict ions ▁on ▁settlement ▁and ▁business ▁for ▁Jews ▁remained ▁in ▁place ▁until ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁From ▁late ▁spring ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁after ▁Lower ▁St y ria ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁by ▁the ▁Third ▁Reich , ▁the ▁Jews ▁of ▁Mar ib or ▁were ▁deport ed ▁to ▁concentration ▁cam ps . ▁ ▁Culture ▁ ▁The ▁city ▁hosts ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Mar ib or , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁schools . ▁ ▁Every ▁June , ▁the ▁two - week ▁L ent ▁Festival ▁( named ▁after ▁the ▁water front ▁district ▁called ▁L ent ) ▁is ▁held , ▁with ▁hundreds ▁of ▁musical , ▁the atr ical ▁and ▁other ▁events . ▁Every ▁year ▁the ▁festival ▁attract s ▁theatre , ▁opera , ▁bal let ▁perform ers