Nassau synagogue districts
The Nassau Circumscription of the Synagogue Districts of January 7, 1852 regulated the administration of the Jewish communities in the Duchy of Nassau and the allocation of the Jewish residents to synagogue districts.
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This ordinance regulated the structure of the Jewish community administrations: At the top was a head appointed by the state, supported by two representatives elected from the community. Regulations were also made on the computers of the Jewish religious communities and the "Israelitische Centralcultusfonds".
Synagogue districts
According to the “Ordinance Gazette of the Duchy of Nassau” of January 12, 1852, the following synagogue districts were created.
I. In the district of Hachenburg :
- A. Freilingen with the town of Freilingen
- B. Grenzhausen with the place Grenzhausen
- C. Hachenburg with the towns of Hachenburg , Altstadt and Alpenrod
- D. Höchstenbach with the places Höchstenbach and Wahlrod
- E. Kirburg with the place Kirburg
- F. Kroppach with the place Kroppach
- G. Maxsain with the place Maxsain
- H. Mogendorf with the places Mogendorf , Bielbach and Quirnbach
- I. Selters with the places Selters , Nordhofen , Herschbach and Rückerod
II. In the Hadamar District :
- A. Ellar with the towns of Ellar , Lahr , Hausen , Frickhofen , Langendernbach and Waldernbach
- B. Hadamar with the towns of Hadamar , Thalheim and Offheim
- C. Mengerskirchen with the towns of Mengerskirchen , Reichenborn and Neunkirchen
- D. Meudt with the places Meudt and Hahn
- E. Weilburg with the villages of Weilburg , Löhnberg , Waldhausen and Merenberg
- F. Weilmünster with the place Weilmünster
III. In the district of Herborn :
- A. Beilstein with the place Beilstein
- B. Gemünden with the towns of Gemünden and Rennerod
- C. Herborn with the place Herborn
- D. Westerburg with the places Westerburg , Willmenrod and Weltersburg of the Hadamar district office
IV. In the district of Höchst :
- A. Breckenheim with the towns of Breckenheim , Langenhain , Wildsachsen and Medenbach
- B. Kronberg with the place Kronberg
- C. Falkenstein with the places Falkenstein , Königstein and Neuenhain
- D. Flörsheim with the places Flörsheim , Weilbach , Wicker and Eddersheim
- E. Hattersheim with the place Hattersheim
- F. Heddernheim with the towns of Heddernheim and Eschborn
- G. Hochheim with the place Hochheim
- H. Höchst with the towns of Höchst , Griesheim and Unterliederbach
- I. Hofheim with the place Hofheim
- K. Niederhofheim with the places Niederhofheim and Oberliederbach
- L. Oberursel with the towns of Oberursel and Bommersheim
- M. Okriftel with the place Okriftel
- N. Soden with the place Soden
- O. Wallau with the places Wallau , Diedenbergen , Massenheim , Delkenheim , Nordenstadt and Igstadt
V. In the district of Idstein :
- A. Anspach with the towns of Anspach and Rod am Berg
- B. Camberg with the places Camberg , Walsdorf and Eisenbach
- C. Cleeberg with the towns of Cleeberg , Espa and Brandoberndorf
- D. Grävenwiesbach with the place Grävenwiesbach
- E. Idstein with the towns of Idstein and Esch
- F. Schmitten with the place Schmitten
- G. Steinfischbach with the village Steinfischbach
- H. Usingen with the places Usingen and Eschbach
- I. Wehrheim with the places Wehrheim and Kransberg
VI. In the district of Langenschwalbach :
- A. Holzhausen with the places Holzhausen and Breithardt
- B. Kemel with the places Kemel , Springen , Langschied and Hohenstein
- C. Langenschwalbach with the villages of Langenschwalbach , Schlangenbad , Bärstadt and Hausen
- D. Laufenselden with the towns of Laufenselden , Grebenroth and Reckenroth
- E. Miehlen with the place Miehlen
- F. Naststätten with the towns of Nastätten , Buch , Obertiefenbach and Holzhausen
- G. Kettenbach with the villages of Kettenbach , Rückershausen , Hausen , Daisbach and Allendorf
- H. Ruppertshofen with the places Ruppertshofen , Bogel and Kasdorf
- I. Wehen with the places Wehen and Bleidenstadt
- K. Zorn with the places Zorn , Dickschied , Lipporn and Welterod of the Rüdesheim district office
VII. In the district of Limburg :
- A. Diez with the towns of Diez , Freiendiez , Aull , Cramberg , Balduinstein and Flacht
- B. Hahnstätten with the places Hahnstätten , Oberneisen , Niederneisen and Kaltenholzhausen
- C. Holzappel with the places Holzappel , Dörnberg , Isselbach , Langenscheid and Eppenrod
- D. Kirberg with the towns of Kirberg , Dauborn and Mensfelden
- E. Laubuseschbach with the places Laubuseschbach , Wolfenhausen , Blessenbach and Hasselbach of the Idstein district office
- F. Limburg with the places Limburg , Dehrn and Staffel
- G. Münster with the place Münster
- H. Runkel with the places Runkel , Schadeck , Hofen and Ennerich
- I. Schupbach with the places Schupbach , Obertiefenbach , Heckholzhausen , Gaudernbach and Wirbelau
- K. Villmar with the towns of Villmar and Aumenau
- L. Wasenbach with the place Wasenbach
- M. Weyer with the towns of Weyer and Oberbruch
VIII. In the district of Nassau :
- A. Ems with the place Ems
- B. Frücht with the places Frücht , Nievern , Fachbach and Braubach
- C. Gemmerich with the towns of Gemmerich , Kehlbach and Niederbachheim
- D. Kördorf with the places Kördorf , Bremberg , Seelbach , Attenhausen and Herold of the district office Langenschwalbach
- E. Montabaur with the towns of Montabaur and Wirges
- F. Nassau with the towns of Nassau and Dausenau
- G. Niederlahnstein with the place Niederlahnstein
- H. Oberlahnstein with the place Oberlahnstein
- I. Osterspai with the place Osterspai
- K. Singhofen with the towns of Singhofen , Geisig , Niedertiefenbach and Roth
IX. In the district of Rüdesheim
- A. Bornich with the towns of Bornich and Niederwallmenach
- B. Eltville with the places Eltville , Erbach , Kiedrich , Rauenthal , Oestrich and Mittelheim
- C. Rüdesheim with the places Rüdesheim , Geisenheim , Eibingen , Winkel and Johannisberg
- D. St. Goarshausen with the place Sankt Goarshausen
- E. Weyer with the places Weyer , Nochern and Liigart
X. In the district of Wiesbaden :
- A. Biebrich-Mosbach with the place Biebrich-Mosbach
- B. Bierstadt with the places Bierstadt , Kloppenheim and Erbenheim
- C. Schierstein with the places Schierstein and Frauenstein
- D. Wiesbaden with the places Wiesbaden , Sonnenberg and Dotzheim
literature
- Joachim Jösch / Uli Jungbluth u. a. (Ed.): Jews in the Westerwald. Life, suffering and remembrance. A guide to the search for clues . Montabaur 1998, pp. 72-83 (with facsimile of the Ordinance Gazette of the Duchy of Nassau of January 12, 1852)