District rabbinate Weikersheim

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The district rabbinate Weikersheim was established in Weikersheim in Württemberg in 1832 and was one of 13 district rabbinates , which were also known as district synagogues.

By a decree of the Ministry of the Interior of August 3, 1832, following the amalgamation or dissolution of various Jewish communities, the now 41 synagogue communities were divided into 13 district rabbinates. Weikersheim became the seat of a rabbinical district, since the seat of a rabbi had been there since the 17th century . The rabbinate was dissolved in 1914. Individual communities were then assigned to the Mergentheim district rabbinate . 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

District rabbi

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)

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