Jewish community Öttershausen

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The Jewish community of Öttershausen was an Israelite religious community in the area of ​​today's hamlet Öttershausen in the area of ​​the Volkach district of Gaibach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen. The community established itself in the 18th century and dissolved around 1880.

history

Several Jews lived in Öttershausen as early as the 15th century , which at that time was still a village with over ten farms . A court book mentions Jewish residents in the village in 1472. The sources are silent about the Jewish population in Öttershausen until the 19th century. Around 1800 Öttershausen had around 100 residents, around 30 of whom were of Jewish faith.

In 1817 the register lists of the Kingdom of Bavaria mention five Jewish heads of family in the village. At this time they were allowed to take their own surnames for the first time. Samuel Mayer worked as a cattle and wine dealer , Loeser Benedict Guttmann also dealt with animals. Benedict Hirsch and Raphael Benedict Frank were also cattle traders. Isaac Mayer Böhr, on the other hand, specialized in trading horses.

The small Jewish community maintained a synagogue , which was located in the north of the estate in a purely Jewish settlement. There was also a religious school with a teacher's apartment and probably a mikveh . A teacher was employed as a shochet and prayer leader at the same time . In particular, Asser Stein is proven to be a teacher. In 1867 he moved to Giebelstadt . By moving away, the community dissolved until around 1880. Remnants of the synagogue could still be found until the end of the 20th century.

Community development

From 1839, the religious community was assigned to the Bavarian district rabbinate Niederwerrn , which was converted into the district rabbinate Schweinfurt from 1864 .

year Members year Members year Members year Members
around 1800 approx. 30 1814 43 1830 37 1875 12

See also

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. 3 volumes . Gütersloh 2008. (not evaluated)
  • Mario Dorsch: Disappeared Medieval Settlements. Desertification between Steigerwald, Main and the Volkach . Hassfurt 2013.
  • Gerhard Egert: The political spatial planning in the area of ​​the Volkacher Mainschleife around 1814 . In: Ute Feuerbach (ed.): Our Main Loop. 1978-1992 . Volkach 2008. pp. 267-270.
  • Werner Steinhauser: Jews in and around Prichsenstadt . Prichsenstadt 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 133.
  2. ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Jewish History in Öttershausen , accessed on December 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Jewish History in Öttershausen , accessed on December 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Egert, Gerhard: The political spatial planning in the area of ​​the Volkacher Mainschleife around 1814 . P. 269.
  5. ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 132.
  6. ↑ Steinhauser, Werner: Jews in and around Prichsenstadt . P. 12.