District rabbinate Mergentheim

The District Rabbinate Mergentheim (later also District Rabbinate Bad Mergentheim ) was established in Mergentheim in Württemberg in 1832 and was one of 13 district rabbinates , which were also referred to as district synagogues. The district rabbinate existed until 1939.

By decree of the Ministry of the Interior of August 3, 1832, after the amalgamation or dissolution of various Jewish communities, the now 41 parishes were divided into 13 district rabbinates. Mergentheim became the seat of a rabbinical district because there was a large Jewish community there, which in 1895 had 280 members. The district rabbinates were subordinate to the upper church authority , which was also created in 1832 .

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

• Archshofen Jewish community
• Jewish community Creglingen (from 1914 to 1939 Mergentheim, before that from 1832 to 1914 district rabbinate Weikersheim )
• Edelfingen Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Igersheim
• Jewish Community Laudenbach (Weikersheim)
• Markelsheim Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Mergentheim (in 1832 the Jewish community of Neunkirchen was merged with the Mergentheimer)
• Jewish community Niederstetten
• Jewish community of Olnhausen
• Jewish community of Wachbach

District rabbi

• 1834 Moses Wassermann (rabbinate corrupt )
• 1835 to 1855 Salomon Wassermann
• 1855 to 1867 Max Sänger (rabbi)
• 1867 to 1893 Samson Gunzenhauser
• 1893 to 1909 Hirsch Naphtali Zwi singer
• 1911 to 1939 Moses Kahn

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)

Web links

• Jewish community Mergentheim near Alemannia Judaica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From 1926 the town of Mergentheim was called Bad .
2. ^ Alemannia Judaica: Creglingen (Main-Tauber-Kreis) Jewish history / prayer room / synagogue . Online at www.alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
3. ^ Alemannia Judaica: Neunkirchen (city of Bad Mergentheim, Main-Tauber district) Jewish history / prayer room / synagogue . Online at www.alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved February 25, 2018.