District rabbinate Schweinfurt

The Distriktsrabbinat Schweinfurt originated in 1864 under the provisions of the Bavarian Jews Edict of 1813 in Schweinfurt . The Jewish Community of Schweinfurt was officially founded in 1863 and a year later the city became the seat of a district rabbinate when the Niederwerrn district rabbinate was relocated . The first rabbi was the district rabbi Mayer Lebrecht , who had been active in Niederwerrn since 1840 .

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

• Altenschönbach Jewish community
• Jewish community Bonnland
• Brno Jewish Community
• Jewish community Ebelsbach
• Jewish community Frankenwinheim
• Jewish community of Geldersheim
• Jewish community Gochsheim (Lower Franconia)
• Järkendorf Jewish community
• Jewish community of Kirchschönbach
• Jewish community Niederwerrn
• Jewish community Obereuerheim
• Jewish community Öttershausen
• Prichsenstadt Jewish community
• Rimbach Jewish Community
• Jewish community Schonungen
• Schwanfeld Jewish community
• Jewish community of Schweinfurt
• Jewish community of Sommerach
• Theilheim Jewish community
• Jewish community of Traustadt
• Jewish community of Werneck
• Jewish community Westheim near Hassfurt
• Jewish community of Wonfurt
• Jewish community of Zeil am Main

District rabbi

• 1864 to 1890 Mayer Lebrecht (* 1808 in Memmelsdorf ; died 1894 in Schweinfurt)
• 1890 to 1934 Salomon Stein (* 1866 in Nordheim am Main )
• 1934 to 1939 Max Köhler (* 1899; died 1987), emigrated to England in 1939

Web links

• Jewish community Schweinfurt near Alemannia Judaica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uwe Müller: Salomon Stein , in: Manfred Treml , Wolf Weigand (ed.): History and culture of the Jews in Bavaria. Resumes . Saur, Munich 1988, pp. 231-234.