Jewish community of Wittersdorf

The Jewish community in Wittersdorf , a French commune in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region , was established in the course of the 18th century.

history

The Jewish community was first recorded in writing in 1804. She owned a synagogue and a religious school. In 1844, when the rabbinate districts were created, the Jewish community of Wittersdorf joined the Altkirch rabbinate .

Of the approximately 800 inhabitants of the community in 1845, 76 were of Jewish faith. In the second half of the 19th century their number declined due to emigration to the neighboring cities, so that the Jewish community was dissolved around 1869.

synagogue

The synagogue, built around 1822 (64, Rue Jean-Jacques Henner), was sold in 1869 and then converted into a residential building that has been preserved to this day.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 , Sp. 4474-4475, ( online version ).

Web links

• History of the Jewish community in Wittersdorf near Alemannia Judaica (with photos of the secular synagogue)
• To the synagogue in Wittersdorf (French text)