The Jewish Quarter is one of the few such historical architectural ensembles far and wide to have been preserved so completely. Together with the former Christengasse road (now known as Marktstrasse), the erstwhile Jewish Quarter now forms the urban core of Hohenems. The buildings presently located in the Jewish Quarter date back to the late 18th and the 19th century. Surviving structures include the homes of Jewish families and all buildings that were once used for religious or social purposes within the community: the synagogue, mikveh (ritual bath), schoolhouse and Jewish poorhouse. The square in front of the synagogue (now Solomon-Sulzer-Saal hall) in the centre of the Jewish Quarter is surrounded on one side by imposing townhouses that were built towards the end of the 18th century. The many residential buildings around the synagogue that were once occupied by Jewish craftsmen and pedlars remain standing to this day. Finally, the architectural highlight of the Jewish Quarter is the three classical villas built between 1848 and 1889 for the Rosenthals – a Jewish manufacturing family.

As with many historical centres, the buildings here had fallen into disrepair by the 1970s. Only at the end of that decade did attention return to local history and the storied Jewish Quarter of this market town, which was subsequently declared a city in 1983. In 1998, a working group set up by the City of Hohenems began a cooperation with the Jewish Museum to draw up city planning concepts for the future development of the quarter. As the topic of Jewish history returned to focus, the city also started taking greater interest in its historical buildings – and the revitalisation of the Jewish Quarter marked the dawn of a renovation process that would deliver sizeable benefits for the entire centre. Following a public discussion and planning process lasting several years, the redesign of public spaces in the Jewish Quarter and on the former Christengasse road (now Marktstrasse) finally kicked off in 2016. Most of the significant buildings in the former Jewish Quarter have been restored since 1996 in coordination with historical preservation measures.