Jacob Heymann
Jacob Heymann (born in 1746 in Dernau an der Ahr as Heiman Isaac; died in 1818 there ) was the head of the Dernau synagogue and in 1808 took the name Jacob Heymann in accordance with Napoleonic law .
Life
He is the first Heymann who knows where he lived, who he was married to and what his descendants were called. Jacob Heymann was, according to the investigations by Klaus HS Schulte (in communications from the Cologne city archives, 67th issue, page 164), the actual starting point for the Jewish community in Dernaus / Ahrweilers. In a document from Hennef from 1816 he is named as head of the synagogue in Dernau. The Heymann family's house, which has been used as a synagogue / school at least since the 18th century, is still preserved in Dernau today. The last members of the large Heymann family sold this house in 1864 after a synagogue / prayer house was opened in Ahrweiler together with the Jews from Ahrweiler and Heimersheim. Jacob Heymann died in Dernau in August 1818 of breast disease after consulting the Jewish doctor Vetten and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Dernau (grave location 12, according to the numbering of Ms. Annemarie Müller-Feldmann). Many of his descendants now live in Israel, Argentina, Canada, and the United States.
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| SURNAME | Heymann, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heiman Isaac (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Head of the Dernau Synagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dernau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1818 |
| Place of death | Dernau |