District rabbinate Stuttgart

The Bezirksrabbinat Stuttgart was built in 1832 in Stuttgart and was one of 13 Bezirksrabbinaten in Württemberg , which were also referred to as district synagogues.

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. 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

• Jewish community Cannstatt (founded in 1871)
• Esslingen Jewish Community
• Jewish community Ludwigsburg
• Jewish community Stuttgart

District rabbi

• 1832/34 to 1873 Joseph von Maier
• 1873 to 1882 Moses Wassermann
• 1886 to 1893 David Stössel (Rabbinate Vicar )
• 1894 to 1919 David Stössel
• 1920 to 1922 Arthur Rosenzweig
• 1924 to 1928 Julius Cohn

literature

• 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 .

Web links

• Jewish community Stuttgart near Alemannia Judaica