Hengstfeld Jewish community
The Jewish community in Hengstfeld , a district of the Wallhausen community in the Schwäbisch Hall district in Baden-Württemberg , existed until 1898/1904, most recently as a branch of the Michelbach an der Lücke Jewish community.
history
As early as 1588, individual Jews were named locally. The formation of the Jewish community goes back to the beginning of the 18th century, in 1735 15 Jewish families were counted on site. In the middle of the 19th century, the highest number of Jewish residents was reached in Hengstfeld. After that, the Jewish community quickly declined due to emigration and emigration.
The Jewish community of Hengstfeld owned a synagogue and a Jewish school, which had been housed in a private house since 1835. In 1843/44 a schoolhouse with a teacher's apartment, community room and a ritual bath was built near the synagogue . This building at Kurz Strasse 5 has been preserved as a residential building.
The dead of the Jewish community of Hengstfeld were buried first in the Jewish cemetery in Schopfloch and since 1840 in the Jewish cemetery in Michelbach an der Lücke .
The Jewish community of Hengstfeld had temporarily employed a religion teacher who was also active as a prayer leader and schochet .
The Jewish residents of Hengstfeld exercised the following professions until the end of the 19th century: butcher family Alexander (Short Street 1), horse dealership family Eichberg I (Hauptstraße 123), horse dealership family Eichberg II (Hauptstraße 154) and grain dealer family Rosenfeld (Marktweg 2) .
Community development
| year | Jewish community members | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| 1811 | 54 | 658 inhabitants |
| 1823 | 70 | 710 inhabitants |
| 1828 | 78 | 758 inhabitants |
| 1840 | 110 | 781 inhabitants |
| 1847 | 119 | 803 inhabitants |
| 1861 | 99 | 833 inhabitants |
| 1871 | 80 | 914 inhabitants |
| 1889 | 62 | 876 inhabitants |
| 1896 | 42 | 831 inhabitants |
| around 1905 | 10 | 806 inhabitants |
National Socialist Persecution
The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists four Jewish citizens born in Hengstfeld who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .
See also
literature
- Otto Ströbel: stallion field. Life in the chivalrous parish. Published by the choral society 1865 e. V., Hengstfeld 1990, pp. 277-304 (without ISBN).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved October 10, 2019.