Bernhard Roos (politician, 1796)

Bernhard Roos (born Beres Wolff ; * October 24, 1796 in Ingenheim ; † November 1, 1888 ibid) was a German merchant , landowner , head of the Jewish community , elector , politician and from 1869 to 1884 mayor of Ingenheim.

Life

In 1815 he married Sara Mayer (1800–1867), who was born in Niederhochstadt and died in Ingenheim .

As the first board member of the largest Jewish religious community in the Palatinate , which he remained until his death, he and other members signed the purchase contract for the future synagogue property on September 27, 1827 .

Since at least 1833 Roos was also politically active as a city councilor.

In 1844, Roos received the bishop of Speyer Nikolaus von Weis , who attended the celebrations dedicated to him in the synagogue and spoke to those present, with a large participation of the population .

His popularity and reputation can also be seen in the fact that in 1855, as a Jew in a predominantly Christian environment, he was elected voter for the elections to the Bavarian state parliament with 240 of 246 votes .

In 1869, at the age of 73, Roos was elected “the first and only Jewish mayor of the Palatinate”.

Awards

• 1883: Silver Medal of Merit of the Bavarian Crown

literature

• Hans Fenske: The Palatinate and the Revolution 1848/49 , Volume 2 (Volume 16 of the contributions to Palatinate history ), Page 212, Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore (ed.), 2000, ISBN 3927754307 or ISBN 9783927754300
• Heinz Kapp: Revolutionary Jewish Origin in Europe 1848/49 , Volume 12 of the Konstanzer Schriften zur Schoáh and Judaica , page 377, Verlag Hartung-Gorre, 2006, ISBN 3866280920 and ISBN 9783866280922

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Family Archives (DFA): Volume 101, pp. 630, 625
2. ↑ Heinz Kapp, Revolutionaries of Jewish Origin in Europe 1848/49 , page 377
3. ↑ Article in the Bavarian Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt from May 1, 1932 [1] - From 1830 the planning and until 1832 the construction of the synagogue in the ( Neo-Moorish style ) was implemented under the well-known architect Friedrich von Gärtner . In the novel Nonnensusel, the poet August Becker describes it as the most beautiful synagogue in the Palatinate.
4. ^ Bulletin of the Leo Baeck Institute , issues 21–24, page 271, Verlag Bitaon., 1963
5. ↑ Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums of July 29, 1844 [2] and August 5, 1844 [3] [4]
6. ↑ Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums of September 10, 1855 [5]
7. ↑ Article in the magazine Der Israelit from May 25, 1870 (from a longer article about the situation in the Palatinate) [6]
8. ↑ Hans Fenske: The Palatinate and the Revolution 1848/49 , page 212 [7]
9. ↑ Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums of March 27, 1883 [8]