Maimon Fraenkel

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Maimon Fraenkel , pseudonym: Maimon Fredau, (born March 28, 1788 in Schwersenz , † May 27, 1848 in Hamburg ) was a teacher and publicist .

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Maimon Fraenkel was the youngest of five sons of the businessman David Joachim Fraenkel. He received schooling at a Talmud school and a Christian city school in his hometown. From the age of 13 he attended the Jewish seminary in Gniezno and in 1804 received a position as private tutor in Aschersleben . At the time he was only 16 years old. Fraenkel then taught in Köthen and Dessau before becoming a private educator in Dresden in 1813 . Here he got to know Karl August Böttiger and Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Heusinger , who encouraged him to deepen his knowledge. In 1818 he got a job as a private tutor inAltona and three years later went to Hamburg, where he made the acquaintance of the preacher Gotthold Salomon . Together they founded a school for Jewish boys with an associated boarding school. The historian Friedrich Karl Julius Schütz mentioned the school of the "Doctors Salomon and Fraenkel" in 1827 in his reference work Hamburg and Hamburg's surroundings and called it recommendable.

When the school was founded in 1821, Fraenkel and Salomon described their educational approach in the work Die Erziehungsschule . Fraenkel thought this font was most likely his most important work. He submitted the text he had written and other works to the University of Rostock , which appointed him a master's degree on October 17, 1825, without having passed an examination there.

Memorial stone (left) for Dr. phil. Maimon Fraenkel and wife, Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery

In addition to working at the school, Fraenkel was involved in the Jewish community and in 1832 became head of the temple association. Together with Gotthold Salomon and Eduard Kley , he was one of the most important personalities who campaigned for the emancipation and integration of Hamburg's Jews. The regional rabbi Paul Meyer wrote a commemorative publication in 1918 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Israelite Temple . In it he described Fraenkel as “one of the most capable employees” who had participated in the expansion of the institution. Fraenkel believed that she could contribute to a happy future for Israel, but no longer saw full equality among Jewish citizens. He died in 1848 when Jews were given the right to vote.

Maimon Fraenkel had been married to Ulrica Levy, whose father was a Hamburg merchant, since 1822. The couple had several children who died early. His wife died on June 8, 1874. The graves were located in the Jewish cemetery on Grindel until the time of National Socialism, and between 1936 and 1938 they were moved to a communal grave at the Ohlsdorf Jewish cemetery . A memorial stone commemorates Maimon Fraenkel and his wife in the "Grindelfriedhof" area of ​​honor.

Works

Fraenkel wrote his first publications during his time in Dresden. In 1809 he took a position on religious issues in the magazine Sulamit progressiv. Among other things, he wrote the article on the confirmation of the Israelites , in which he called for them to be made aware of the duties they have to fulfill "as Israelites and citizens". He also wrote short biographical articles and small translations of German works from German into Hebrew. Also during his time in Dresden he published texts that were to be used for school purposes: Fraenkel used his pseudonym M. Fredau for this. Under this pseudonym he created the Chrestomathie Tetona together with Gotthold Salomon . The extensive work contained contributions by German writers who dealt with God and religion, nature and world wisdom.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Fraenkel, Maimon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fredau, Maimon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teacher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Severity
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1848
Place of death Hamburg