Land Rabbinate Ansbach
The Land Rabbinate Ansbach was a rabbinate in the Margraviate of Ansbach , which has been documented since the beginning of the 17th century and existed until 1792, the year the margraviate was incorporated into the Prussian state .
history
In the 17th century, the office of the rabbi was temporarily in Mainbernheim , Feuchtwangen , Treuchtlingen , Crailsheim and Ansbach . After the death of the land rabbi Bärmann Fränkel in 1708, the seat of the land rabbinate was permanently moved to Schwabach . After 1792, Prussia created the district rabbinates in Ansbach, Crailsheim, Gunzenhausen , Schwabach, Uffenheim and Wassertrüdingen , analogous to the administrative structure. From 1813 the district rabbinates were created in the area that had belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria since 1806 .
Official area
In 1714 the Land Rabbinate of Ansbach included 49 villages with around 500 Jewish families. The places with the most Jewish families were Schwabach (30) and Wittelshofen (30), only one Jewish family each lived in Gnodstadt and Segnitz . The territorial fragmentation of the places with Jewish residents in the Margraviate of Ansbach made the employment of sub- rabbis necessary. In the 18th century, the land rabbi was subordinate to six sub-rabbis, who in turn were assisted by assessors.
Competencies of the land rabbi
According to an ordinance from 1707, the land rabbi was responsible for:
- Conducting the service
- Marriages and divorces
- Inventories and divisions in inheritance cases
- Drafting marriage and child contracts
- Jurisprudence in debt and civil actions between Jews. In order to enforce their judgments, the land rabbis were able to impose fines and penalties. The authorities assured their support in the execution of the sentences imposed.
Land rabbis
- Around 1622: Nathan von Eibelstadt
- Around 1659 to 1676: Jakob Grunam based in Gunzenhausen (also local rabbi in Schwabach)
- until 1708: Bärmann Fränkel (also rabbi in Fürth )
- 1709 to 1713: Hirsch Fränkel
- 1715 to 1743: Mosche Katzenellenbogen
- 1743 to 1749: Meyer Benedikt Gumpertz
- 1749 to 1770: Joschua Heschel Lemberger (the great-great-grandfather of Karl Marx )
- 1770 to 1780: Aaron Mose Zwi Schach
- 1780 to 1792: Juda Löw Lemberger
See also
literature
- Monika Berthold-Hilpert: The Land and District Rabbinate Schwabach - An overview . In: The Schwabach Rabbinical District . Ergon-Verlag , Würzburg 2009, ( Franconia Judaica , Vol. 4) ISBN 978-3-89913-788-0 , pp. 10-22.