Saldus (Ger. Frauenburg) — town, district center (Republic of Latvia).

Known since 1253. From 1795 — part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th – early 20th century — the township of Frauenburg in the Goldingen District of Courland Province. In 1918–1940 — part of the Republic of Latvia, in 1940–1991 — the Latvian SSR.

In 1881, Saldus had 909 Jews (39%), in 1897 — 1159 (32%), in 1910 — 877 (20%), in 1920 — 257 (11%), in 1925 — 399 (11%), in 1930 — 377 (9%), in 1935 — 329 (7%), and in 1959 — 15 Jews.

Jews lived in Saldus from the second half of the 19th century. A community was established in 1871. The first rabbi of Saldus was Yehuda Hirshzon (?–1902). In 1879 a synagogue was built. In 1902–1905 the rabbi was Avrom-Shmuel Dubitsky (1862–?), and in 1907–1924 — Moyshe-Shmuel Stul. At the beginning of the 20th century, Saldus had two synagogues, a private Jewish school, and a Jewish loan and savings society.

In 1915, the Jews of Saldus were expelled to the interior provinces of the Russian Empire.

After 1920, fewer than half of those expelled returned. In the early 1920s, a school with instruction in Hebrew was established. In the 1920s–1930s, branches of various Jewish political parties and organizations operated in Saldus. In 1921, with the assistance of the Joint Distribution Committee, a loan and savings bank was opened. In 1924–1929 the rabbi was Dovid Stul, son of M.-Sh. Stul; from 1929 — Menahem-Mendl Erlich (1880–1941).

On 1 July 1941, Saldus was occupied by units of the Wehrmacht. Soon afterward, the Jews of Saldus were shot.

After 1945, a memorial marker was erected at the site of the mass execution of the Jews of Saldus.

In the 1980s, a few Jews still lived in Saldus. A neglected Jewish cemetery exists in the town.

Saldus. Sinagogue built in 1879