Cossmann Werner

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Cossmann Werner ( December 17, 1854 in Rogasen - June 22, 1918 in Munich ), was a German rabbi in Danzig and Munich.

Life

Grave of Cossmann Werner in the New Israelite Cemetery in Munich

Cossmann Werner, son of the Talmudist and Hebraist Philipp Werner, grew up in Posen, where he attended elementary school, the yeshiva and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium . From 1872 to 1876 he studied at the University of Breslau and in 1877 he received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig with a dissertation on aspects of the pre-Christian history of Judea . After briefly studying at the rabbinical seminary in Breslau , the Jewish community of Old Scotland near Danzig elected him rabbi on May 19, 1878 . and to the conductor of the religious school. In the course of the 1880s Werner succeeded in uniting the five existing Jewish communities in Gdansk and its immediate vicinity, Altschottland, Weinberg, Langfuhr, Danzig-Breitgasse and Danzig-Mattenbuden into one synagogue community. On September 15, 1887, the Great Synagogue on Reitbahnstraße was inaugurated by Cossmann Werner.

In 1894 the Munich Jewish Community elected him to succeed Joseph Perles as their new community rabbi . In addition to his duties as a rabbi, he was also the chairman of the Bavarian Rabbinical Conference. He was also an advisor to the Bavarian government on Jewish affairs and a co-founder of the rabbis association in Germany. From 1894 to 1918 he was a religion teacher at the Wilhelmsgymnasium and the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich.

In 1906 he donated his valuable library to the Jewish community, which made it accessible to the public as the Cossmann-Werner Library . In 1917 he was awarded the title of professor. Cossmann Werner died in Munich in 1918 and was buried in the New Israelite Cemetery . He was considered to be one of the most prominent speakers of Judaism in Germany at the turn of the 20th century.

Fonts

  • Johann Hyrkan. A contribution to the history of Judea in the second century BC. Dissertation at the University of Leipzig. A. Angerstein, Wernigerode 1877.
  • Life and work of Abraham ben Maimun. HF Boenig, Danzig 1879.
  • Sermon. AW Kafemann, Danzig 1887.
  • Sermon at the inauguration of the new synagogue in Danzig on September 15, 1887. AW Kafemann, Danzig 1887.
  • Inaugural sermon, delivered in the synagogue in Munich on March 22, 1895. Theodor Ackermann, Munich 1895.
  • Sermon for the inauguration of the new synagogue in Königsberg i. Pr. On August 25, 1896. Frankfurt am Main 1896.
  • Funeral speech held on the stretcher of the high-born Hernn Moritz Ritter, wholesaler, based on shorthand records. Munich 1905.
  • Speech at the funeral of the Russian persecution of the Jews given in the synagogue in Munich on November 19, 1905. Heller, Munich [1905].
  • Funeral speech held on the stretcher of Mr. Stephan Hirschberg, antiquarian and stud. phil., on May 23, 1909. Munich 1909.
  • Speech given at the bier of the district rabbi Dr. Heinrich Groß in Augsburg on February 2, 1910. J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt am Main [1910].
  • Funeral speech given on the stretcher of the high born Mrs. Ida Nussbaum by Rabbi Dr. Werner on May 6, 1912 in the new Israelite cemetery in Munich. Printed by: J. Schön, Munich 1912.
  • Speech given at the memorial service for His Royal Highness Prince Regent Luitpold on December 20, 1912 in the synagogue in Munich. Heller, Munich 1912.
  • Funeral oration held at Frau Meta Stern's stretcher on September 19, 1913. Munich 1913.
  • Greetings to our brave soldiers , lecture given on December 14, 1914, published in: Münchener Nachrichten, December 25, 1914.
  • Funeral oration held at Jakob Ofner's stretcher on September 4, 1916. Munich 1916.
  • Mourning speech given on the bier of Mr. Heinrich Rosenberger, former administrator and civil servant, on October 17, 1916. Munich 1916.
  • Funeral speech on the stretcher of Mr. Abraham Ofner, counselor and lawyer, given by Coßmann Werner in Muenchen on October 22, 1917. Munich 1917.

literature

  • Words of remembrance of the rabbi of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Munich who passed away on June 22, 1918, Professor Dr. Cossmann Werner, spoken at the funeral services that took place on June 15, 1918. Heller, Munich 1918.
  • Famous Israelite Men and Women in Human Cultural History. Life and character images from the past and present. A guide for the home and family. With numerous portraits and other illustrations. From Dr. Adolph Kohut. Second volume. Printing and publishing by AH Payne in Leipzig-Reudnitz, p. 352.
  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums, Volume 42 (1878), Issue 23, June 4, 1878, p. 359
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Cossmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Rogasen
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1918
Place of death Munich