District rabbinate Gailingen
The Gailingen district rabbinate was established in Gailingen in Baden in 1827 and was one of 15 district rabbinates , also known as district synagogues. In 1925 the district rabbinate was relocated to Constance .
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 in Donaueschingen
- Jewish community Gailingen
- Jewish community of Konstanz (re-established 1866)
- Jewish community Randegg (Gottmadingen)
- Tiengen Jewish Community
- Jewish community of Wangen (Öhningen)
- Jewish community of Worblingen
District rabbi
- 1829 to 1851 Jakob Löwenstein
- Leopold Schott (the rabbi von Randegg was briefly administrator of the district rabbinate)
- 1855 to 1862 Ephraim Willstätter
- 1863 to 1872 Hillel Sondheimer
- 1872 to 1886 Leopold Löwenstein
- 1894 to 1925 Josef Spitz
Web links
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)