District rabbinate Bühl

The Bühl district rabbinate was established in Bühl in Baden in 1827 and was one of 15 district rabbinates , also known as district synagogues. In 1925 the Bühl rabbinate was merged with the Offenburg district rabbinate .

The district rabbinates were directly subordinate to the Upper Council of the Israelites of Baden . The chiefs were the district rabbi and the district elder. In matters of the rabbinical district, all local elders had to be heard once a year. The district rabbi presided.

tasks

The tasks included the execution of the sovereign ordinances, the proclamation and the enforcement of the ordinances of the higher church authority , advice on school matters, the administration of foundations and the distribution of alms . To finance the district rabbinates, levies were paid by the individual Jewish communities.

Parishes of the rabbinical district

• Jewish community Baden-Baden (founded 1890)
• Jewish community of Bodersweier
• Jewish community Bühl
• Jewish community Ettlingen (from 1885, previously at the Karlsruhe district rabbinate )
• Jewish Community of Freistett
• Jewish community of Gernsbach
• Jewish community of Hörden (Gaggenau)
• Jewish community of Kehl (from 1881)
• Jewish community Kuppenheim
• Jewish community Lichtenau (Baden)
• Jewish community of Malsch (district of Karlsruhe) (from 1885, previously at the district rabbinate of Karlsruhe )
• Muggensturm Jewish Community
• Jewish community Neufreistett (Rheinau / Baden)
• Jewish community of Rastatt
• Jewish community Rheinbischofsheim
• Jewish community Schwarzach (Rheinmünster)
• Jewish community of Stollhofen (Rheinmünster)

District rabbi

• 1832 to 1837 Abraham Ascher
• around 1845 prince (more is not known)
• 1855 to 1869 Leopold Schott
• 1887 to 1925 Baruch Mayer

Web links

• Jewish community Bühl near Alemannia Judaica

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4)