District rabbinate Breisach am Rhein

The Bezirksrabbinat Breisach am Rhein was 1827 in Breisach am Rhein and was one of 15 Bezirksrabbinaten in the Grand Duchy of Baden , which were referred to as district synagogues. In 1885 the district rabbinate was transferred to Freiburg im Breisgau .

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 of Breisach am Rhein
• Jewish community of Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl
• Jewish community in Emmendingen
• Ihringen Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Freiburg im Breisgau
• Jewish community Niederemmendingen

District rabbi

• 1825 to 1828 Benjamin Dispecker
• 1838 to 1878 Moses Reiss

Web links

• Jewish community of Breisach 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)