Salomon Düsseldorf

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Salomon Düsseldorf (Jewish name Salomon Gottschalk [Levi] or Löb Hannover ; * around 1665 in Düsseldorf , † April 14, 1745 in Hanover ) was a German court banker of Jewish origin. He was the founder of the synagogue in Hanover.

Life

Salomon Düsseldorf came from one of the most respected families, not only in Hanover, but in all of Northern Germany. Düsseldorf's family was a branch of the Goldschmidt family from Frankfurt .

After the residence was founded in 1636, he came to Hanover. He was the most respected man from Düsseldorf's Judengasse. In 1680 he moved to Hanover. There he became a community elder and in 1719 court jeweler.

synagogue

The first synagogue was set up in his house in Calenberger Neustadt in 1688. According to Glückel Hameln tradition, it was so small that the main room, which was only reserved for men, could only be accessed through the women's room.

family

Grave of Salomon Düsseldorf in the old Jewish cemetery on Oberstrasse in Hanover

Salomon Düsseldorf was married to his cousin Blümchen Gans († February 1, 1736, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave no. 221), daughter of Israel Joseph Natan Gans (born April 30, 1689, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave no. 172) and the Spinze Goldzieher († † December 3, 1728, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave no. 173), daughter of Moses Aron Goldzieher from Hamburg.

His mother Gelle Gans also came from the large Gans merchant family in Minden. They are the daughter or granddaughter of Salman Gans (* around 1610 in Minden, † April 6, 1654 in Hanover) and Jente Goldschmidt from Hameln (* around 1628 in Hameln, † July 25, 1695 in Hanover). His children were:

  • Moses Salomon Düsseldorf († May 16, 1761 in Hanover, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave no. 219), community leader, “Kgl. British Court Jeweler "with patent dated December 6, 1745 ∞ Rebecca Jütchen Limburg from Frankfurt († February 17, 1750 in Hanover)
  • Esther Düsseldorf († April 12, 1770, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave No. 219) ∞ Markus Jaffe Schlesinger († December 7, 1779 in Hanover, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave no. 178)
  • Samson Salomon, “Kgl. Great Britain Factor ”in Amsterdam
  • Jehuda Löb Düsseldorf († December 30, 1788 in Altona, grave no. 5936, inv. No. 1629) ∞ Edel, daughter of Hirz Scheuer
  • Hindchen Düsseldorf († March 11, 1729, Oberstrasse cemetery, grave No. 249) ∞ Michael David (* 1685 in Halberstadt, † October 24, 1758 in Hanover)

literature

  • "Life and Fate - for the inauguration of the synagogue in Hanover" Press Office of the City of Hanover | 1963 page 187

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Kaufmann, From Heinrich Heine's Ahnensaal, Breslau 1896, p. 48 ( online )
  2. ↑ Jewish weddings in Berlin 1759 to 1813 ( online )
  3. ↑ The Memoirs of the Glückel von Hameln, Genealogical Remarks
  4. ↑ tombstone graphic epidat ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Düsseldorf, Salomon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court jeweler of Jewish origin
DATE OF BIRTH 1665
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1745
Place of death Hanover