Philipp Heidenheim
Philipp Heidenheim (born June 14, 1814 in Bleicherode ; died June 14, 1906 in Sondershausen ) was a German rabbi and high school professor .
Life
After taking private tuition from a Göttingen university professor in mathematics, English and French in 1834 and 1835, Philipp Heidenheim passed his teaching examination in Erfurt in the fall of 1835.
At Easter 1837 Heidenheim was employed as a preacher and school director in Sondershausen. In 1842 he founded a boys' boarding school. He conducted rabbinical studies privately. In 1845 he was ordained in Schönlanke after passing the exam . On August 20, 1845 he was appointed regional rabbi for Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, based in Sondershausen. He was thus also responsible for the neighboring Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Jewish communities in Frankenhausen and Immenrode .
After the Jewish school was closed, he got a job as a teacher at the Princely Realschule in 1841 , where he was appointed professor in 1881 and retired in 1886. From 1886 to 1860 he was head of the local trade association.
On August 28, 1839, Philipp Heidenheim married Lina Leser, daughter of the court agent and former community leader David Leser (1780–1843) in Sondershausen. The marriage had six children: Richard (born April 1, 1840, a secret medical adviser and doctor in Bleicherode), Henriette (born April 12, 1842; died February 4, 1919), Louis (born March 11, 1844 ), Bruno (born April 14, 1846), Gustav (born October 17, 1850) and Amalie (born November 5, 1852).
Philipp Heidenheim was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Sondershausen.
literature
- Entry HEIDENHEIM, Philipp, Dr. In: Michael Brocke and Julius Carlebach (editors), edited by Carsten Wilke : Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbis. Part 1: The rabbis of the emancipation period in the German, Bohemian and Greater Poland countries 1781–1871. K G Saur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-598-24871-7 , p. 418.
Web links
- Biography and translation of his grave inscription at the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute (with photo of the tombstone)
- biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidenheim, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bleicherode |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1906 |
| Place of death | Sondershausen |