Israelite religious community

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde is a synonym for the expression Jewish community (Kehillah) . It is mainly used in Austria, but also in the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland .

Often the word is confused with “ Israeli ”, but the word “Israel it isch” describes the Jewish (Mosaic) faith and culture . The name goes back to Emperor Franz Joseph I , who in a speech on April 3, 1849 used the words: "Israelite Community of Vienna". Since then, the term Israelitische Kultusgemeinde  (IKG) has been the official name for Jewish communities in Austria .

Germany

• Israelite Religious Community Baden
  • Jewish community Emmendingen K.d.ö.R.
  • Synagogue community Konstanz Kdö.R.
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Pforzheim
  • Israelite religious community Rottweil - Villingen-Schwenningen
  • Israelite religious community Baden-Baden
  • Israelite Community Freiburg
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Lörrach Kdö.R.

Other communities of the religious community are named as Jewish communities ( Heidelberg , Karlsruhe , Mannheim , Konstanz ).

• Regional association of the Israelite cultural communities in Bavaria
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Amberg
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bamberg Kdö.R.
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bayreuth
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Hof
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Munich and Upper Bavaria Kdö.R.
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Nürnberg
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Schwaben - Augsburg
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Fürth
  • Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Straubing
  • Israelite religious community in Würzburg (since 1836) and Lower Franconia

Other member communities of the regional association operate as Jewish communities ( Erlangen , Regensburg and Weiden ).

• Regional association of the Israelite religious communities of Lower Saxony Kdö.R
• Israelite Religious Community of Württemberg ( Stuttgart )
• Israelite religious community in Leipzig

Austria

Israelite religious society in Austria

There are currently five Jewish religious communities throughout Austria, of which the Jewish Community of Vienna , President is Oskar Deutsch , is by far the largest. The umbrella organization is the Israelite Religious Society in Austria , which as a body represents a legally recognized religious society (since 1890). It is looked after by the Viennese community.

The 2001 census by Statistics Austria showed that 8,140 people in Austria profess Judaism. The majority of them, around 7,000, live in Vienna. However, the Israelite Religious Society assumes around 15,000 Jews in Austria.

See also:

• Jewish life in Vienna

Existing religious communities

• Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Linz
• Israelite cultural community Salzburg
• Jewish community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg
• Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna

The Jewish community for Styria, Carinthia and the political districts of Burgenland Oberwart, Güssing and Jennersdorf  (IKG Graz) was dissolved in 2013 and merged with the IKG Vienna. Since then, the Jewish Community of Graz has existed under this name as an autonomous branch community of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna with responsibility for Styria, Carinthia and southern Burgenland.

Historical

Numerous religious communities fell victim to the persecution of the Jews during the National Socialist rule . Only the religious communities of Sechshaus and Floridsdorf were administratively dissolved, as these previously independent communities were incorporated into the city of Vienna in 1890 ( Sechshaus ) and in 1904 ( Floridsdorf ) and thus fell under the jurisdiction of the Jewish Community of Vienna.

IKG Amstetten (1892–1940) IKG Baden (1892–1938) IKG Deutschkreutz IKG Floridsdorf (1892–1904) IKG Frauenkirchen IKG Gänserndorf IKG Graz IKG Groß-Enzersdorf IKG Güssing IKG Hohenems IKG Hollabrunn (1902–1938)

IKG Horn (1892–1938) IKG Kittsee IKG Klagenfurt IKG Kobersdorf IKG Krems (1892–1938) IKG Lackenbach IKG Leoben IKG Mattersburg IKG Mistelbach (1892–1938) IKG Mödling (1892–1938) IKG Neunkirchen (1892–1938)

IKG Oberwart IKG Rechnitz IKG Sechshaus (1868–1890) IKG Steyr IKG Stockerau IKG Sankt Pölten (1892–1938) IKG Tulln on the Danube (1892–1938) IKG Unterberg- Eisenstadt IKG Waidhofen an der Thaya (1892–1938) IKG Wiener Neustadt (1892–1938)

See also

• History of the Jews in Austria
• List of Jewish cemeteries in Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Website of the IKG Nuremberg
3. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1227.
4. ↑ Law of March 21, 1890, regarding the regulation of the external legal relationships of the Israelite religious society. StF: RGBl. No. 57/1890; amended April 2012 (as amended online, ris.bka ).
5. ↑ Statistics Austria census, 2001 ; Since 2001, religious affiliation is no longer recorded statistically
6. ↑ Ariel Muzicant : Austria is different. ( Memento of the original of April 14, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. May 12, 2005. In: Der Standard online, May 4, 2005
7. ↑ Graz Synagogue: "The house is not even open to its own people". Colette M. Schmidt in Der Standard online, February 5, 2015.
8. ↑ Press release of the Jewish Community of Graz and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien of June 30, 2013
9. ↑ Christoph Lind: "The last Jew has left the temple" - Jews in Lower Austria 1938-1945 . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85476-141-4 .