Jewish community Mühringen
A Jewish community in Mühringen , a district of the city of Horb am Neckar in the Freudenstadt district in northern Baden-Württemberg , existed as early as the 16th century. It existed until 1939.
history
The Jewish community Mühringen counted in 1722 19 families with 47 people. In 1744 it had grown to 50 families. In the 18th century, the place gained greater importance as the seat of the Mühringen district rabbinate . Rabbis Nathanael Weil and David Dispecker worked here, among others . The Jewish community had a synagogue and its own cemetery .
The Jewish families lived mainly from trading in cattle and local products. As a result of emigration and emigration, the number of parishioners fell rapidly since the middle of the 19th century. As a result, the Mühringen district rabbinate was relocated to Horb in 1914.
National Socialist Persecution
In 1933, 45 Jewish people were still living in Mühringen.
The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 33 Jewish citizens born in Mühringen who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .
Community development
| year | Parishioners |
|---|---|
| 1722 | 47 people |
| 1744 | 50 families |
| 1846 | 512 people |
| 1933 | 45 people |
literature
- Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved January 8, 2010.
Dettensee | Horb am Neckar | Mills | Mühringen | Nordstetten | Rexingen