Jewish community of Rehweiler
The Jewish community Rehweiler was an Israelite religious community in the area of today's Geiselwinder district Rehweiler in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen . The community existed between the 18th century and 1911. There was also a Jewish cemetery on the outskirts .
history
Jews in Rehweiler were first mentioned in the sources of the Grafschaft Castell in 1726. They reappeared in 1737. The parishioners were buried in a cemetery in the center of the village. In 1774 the community had grown to over 60 people, a total of 280 people lived in Rehweiler. In 1812, under pressure from the Bavarian government, the cemetery was moved to the forest in the west of the village.
When the so-called Jewish register was drawn up by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1813, Rehweiler was awarded eleven register positions. A total of eleven families of Jewish faith were allowed to settle in the village. Mainly traders settled in Rehweiler, but in 1817 there was also an Opticus in the village. In 1822, Simson Joseph Friedmann, an almond and chicory manufacturer lived in Rehweiler.
In addition to the cemetery, the community maintained a synagogue of unknown age and a mikveh on the so-called "Judentauchwiese". Since 1808, Falk Moses Mühlhäuser taught in the Jewish school. After the Jews had also received the civil rights of their Christian neighbors in the middle of the 19th century, the community quickly dissolved when they moved away. In 1924 the synagogue was sold and used as a barn from then on. In 1979 it was torn down and replaced by a residential building.
Community development
| year | Members | year | Members | year | Members | year | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1774 | 62 | 1813 | 36 | 1830 | 60 | 1875 | 6th |
literature
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Werner Steinhauser: Jews in and around Prichsenstadt . Prichsenstadt 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Jewish History in Rehweiler , accessed on January 23, 2017.
- ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Jewish History in Rehweiler , accessed on January 23, 2017.
- ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Jewish History in Rehweiler , accessed on January 23, 2017.
- ↑ Steinhauser, Werner: Jews in and around Prichsenstadt . P. 12.