District rabbinate Gunzenhausen

The district rabbinate Gunzenhausen was established according to the regulations of the Bavarian Jewish edict of 1813 in Gunzenhausen , a town in the Central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria .

Abraham Böheim was the last rabbi of the district rabbinate. After his death, the Gunzenhausen district rabbinate was abolished and incorporated into the Schwabach district rabbinate .

tasks

The duties included advising on school matters, managing foundations and distributing alms . To finance the district rabbinates, levies were paid by the individual Jewish communities.

District rabbinate congregations

• Jewish community Altenmuhr (until 1845, then at the district rabbinate of Ansbach )
• Cronheim Jewish community
• Gunzenhausen Jewish community
• Weimersheim Jewish Community

District rabbi

• Abraham Böheim (* 1767 in Fürth ; died December 10, 1845 in Gunzenhausen)

Web links

• Gunzenhausen Jewish community near Alemannia Judaica