Löw Schwab
Löw Schwab ( Hebrew יהודה ליב שוואב, Hungarian Schwab Oroszlán ; 1794 in Mährisch-Kromau - April 3, 1857 in Pest ) was an Austrian rabbi .
Life
He was the son of a peddler. From 1805 Löw Schwab was a Talmudic student with the Moravian regional rabbi in Nikolsburg and then he was trained as a rabbi in Pressburg . From 1831 he officiated as rabbi in Proßnitz , then from 1836 in Pest, where he was particularly committed to the emancipation of the Jews in Hungary . The construction of the Great Synagogue in Budapest was his initiative.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwab, Löw . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, p. 265 ( digitized version ).
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
- Julius Carlebach, Michael Brocke (ed.): The rabbis of the emancipation period in the German, Bohemian and Greater Poland countries 1781–1871 (= Biographical Handbook of Rabbis 1). Edited by Carsten Wilke . Volume 1: Aach - Juspa. Volume 2: Kaempf - Zuckermann. Saur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-598-24871-7 . (not evaluated)
Web links
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (accessed April 14, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwab, Loew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moravian-Kromau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1857 |
| Place of death | pest |