Limbaži, town (since 1783), district centre (Republic of Latvia). Known since 1223. From 1629 – part of Sweden. From 1721 – part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th centuries – a subordinate town of Lemzhal, Volmarsky District, Livonian Province. In 1918–40 – part of the Latvian Republic, from 1940 to 1991 – part of the Latvian SSR. In 1887, there were 159 Jews (7%) living in Limbaži, in 1910 – 250 (7.1%), in 1920 – 95 (4%), in 1925 –98 (3%), in 1930 – 105 (4%), in 1935 – approx. 100 Jews (approx. 3%).

Jews lived in Limbaži from the 1860s. In 1910, Limbaži had a synagogue and a Jewish cemetery.

In 1920, with the help of the Joint, a charity fund was opened in Limbaži.

There was a synagogue and a mikvah. In 1922, 610 rubles in donations were collected for the Jewish National Fund.

In April 1923, Jewish student M. Kosten was beaten by an anti-Semitic mob, which was dispersed by the police.

On 4 July 1941, Limbaži was occupied by Wehrmacht troops. On 12 September 1941, the Jews of Limbaži were shot.