District rabbinate Braunsbach

The Braunsbach district rabbinate was established in Braunsbach in Württemberg in 1832 and was one of 13 district rabbinates that were also known as district synagogues.

By decree of the Ministry of the Interior of August 3, 1832, following the amalgamation or dissolution of various Jewish communities, the now 41 communities were divided into 13 district rabbinates. Braunsbach became the seat of a rabbinical district because there was a large Jewish community there, which in 1843 had 293 members. The district rabbinates were subordinate to the upper church authority , which was also created in 1832 .

In 1914 the seat of the rabbinate was moved to Schwäbisch Hall without abolishing the Braunsbach district rabbinate . Since 2008 a museum on the Jewish history of the place has been located in the house of the former rabbinical seat.

Number of Jewish residents in the region in 1828

A total of 961 Jews lived in the following places: Braunsbach (198), Steinbach with Hall (105), Crailsheim with Ingersheim (170), Goldbach (71), Gerabronn (29), Wiesenbach (42), Michelbach (175), Hengstfeld (70 ) and Dünsbach (101).

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.

Municipalities of the rabbinical district (late 19th century)

Jewish community of Braunsbach
Jewish community Crailsheim with the branch communities Ingersheim and Unterdeufstetten
Dünsbach Jewish community with a subsidiary community of Gerabronn
Jewish community of Ernsbach
Goldbach Jewish Community
Jewish community of Künzelsau
Jewish community Michelbach an der Lücke with the subsidiary communities Hengstfeld and Wiesenbach
Jewish community Nagelsberg
Jewish community Schwäbisch Hall (newly founded in 1864)
Jewish community Steinbach

District rabbi

1825 to 1835 Seligmann Grünwald
1836 to 1840 Naphtali Frankfurter
1841 to 1860 Maier Hirsch
1860 to 1900 Menko Berlinger
1894 to 1914 Jakob Berlinger (1894 to 1900 rabbinate administrator )

literature

Gerhard Taddey : No small Jerusalem. History of the Jews in the Schwäbisch Hall district. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1992, pp. 245–251, ISBN 3-7995-7636-3 ( Research from Württembergisch Franconia. Volume 36)
Joachim Hahn , Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. Vol. 4). Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 .

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