Electoral Cologne Jewish Code of 1599

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The Kurköln Jewish Order of 1599 was a Jewish order for the Archbishopric of Cologne , which regulated the conditions of settlement and the economic framework for Jews in the territory of the Archbishopric and its neighboring countries.

As early as 1592, Elector and Archbishop Ernst of Bavaria (1554–1612) issued the first Jewish ordinance for the Archbishopric. This and the following regulations also formed the legal basis for the Jewish population in the Duchy of Westphalia . The Jewish order of 1599 was in many parts identical to that of 1592. The deviations concern:

  • Jews should not leave their homes and apartments on high Christian holidays and processions
  • Jews are forbidden to live under the same roof with Christians
  • Like Christians, they should keep their shops closed on Sundays and public holidays
  • Debt collection on Sundays and public holidays was banned
  • The Jews were allowed to give loans against interest and the provision of pledges , whereby it was allowed to lend on property and property
  • Except as glassmakers Jews as merchants, traders or allowed artisans not act
  • They were only allowed to slaughter cattle and trade in meat for their own consumption
  • The obligation to wear a yellow ring on their clothing was lifted and reintroduced in the Jewish code of 1686.

See also

literature

  • Heinrich Linn u. a .: Jews on the Rhine and Sieg . 2nd Edition. Schmitt, Siegburg 1984, ISBN 3-87710-104-6 , pp. 423-424.
  • Elfi Pracht-Jörns : Jewish worlds in the Rhineland. Annotated sources from the early modern period to the present. Böhlau, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20674-1 , pp. 30-35.