Rabbinate Altkirch
The rabbinate Altkirch was created to July 1, 1844 Rabbinatsbezirk (fr. Circonscription rabbinique) in Altkirch , a French town in the Haut-Rhin department in the region of Alsace .
Law of May 25, 1844
The law of May 25, 1844, which laid down the statutes of the Jewish religious community (“Règlement pour l'organization du culte israélite”) in France, determined the creation of the Altkirch rabbinical district.
composition
On July 1, 1844, the following Jewish communities were merged to form the Altkirch Rabbinate:
- Altkirch
- Hagenbach
- Hirsingen
- Luemschwiller
- Wittersdorf
- Seppois-le-Bas , after 1910 (previously part of the Belfort rabbinate )
literature
- Dictionnaire biographique des rabbins et autres ministres du culte israélite. France et Algérie, du Grand Sanhédrin (1807) à la loi de Séparation (1905) . Berg International Éditeurs, Paris 2007.