Blessed Gronemann

Selig Gronemann (born December 7, 1843 in Flötenstein , † March 6, 1918 in Hanover ) was a German rabbi .

Life

Blessed was the son of the businessman Samuel Gronemann . After attending school in Konitz , he studied at the University of Breslau and at the same time trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary . In 1869 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD.

As a rabbi, Selig first worked in Strasbourg (West Prussia) and Danzig . From 1883 to 1918 he was elected Hanoverian land rabbi and took over the care and supervision of the Jewish communities in both the administrative districts of Hanover and Lüneburg .

In the face of weakening religious ties, Gronemann campaigned for the preservation of Jewish religiosity: with the support of the authorities, he ensured that all children of Jewish families take part in Jewish religious education.

In the Hanover community, Gronemann worked in numerous associations and foundations. As chairman of the Hanoverian charity , he was in charge of funeral and cemetery affairs. Gronemann documented the older history of the Jews in Hanover , based on the grave inscriptions of the Old Jewish Cemetery on Oberstrasse . The "Committee for the Collection and Preservation of Jewish Antiquities" was founded on his initiative.

During the First World War , Selig Gronemann called for the care of the Jewish prisoners of war from Russia.

Gronemann was the father of Sammy Gronemann . His grave is in the Jewish cemetery An der Strangriede in Hanover's Nordstadt district .

Publications (selection)

The Freimann collection of the Judaica of the University Library in Frankfurt am Main contains digital copies of some of Gronemann's writings.

• De Profiatii Durani Vita ac Studiis. Dissertation Breslau 1869.
• Genealogical studies of the old Jewish families in Hanover. On behalf of the management of the charity (Chewra kadischa) of the synagogue community Hanover on the hand of the inscriptions of the old cemetery ..., 2 volumes, Berlin: Verlag von Louis Lamm, 1913,
  • Vol. 1: Genealogy of families. urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30: 1-110833 ,
  • Vol. 2: Grave inscriptions and memorials. urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30: 1-110826 .

literature

• The Jewish Encyclopedia . A descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the jewish people from the earliest times , Vol. 6, New York 1904, p. 94.
• Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. A reference work for the Jewish people and their friends , Volume 2, 1927, pp. 523f.
• Jewish Lexicon . An encyclopaedic handbook of Jewish knowledge in four volumes , Volume 2, Berlin 1928, Sp. 1280.
• Encyclopaedia Judaica . Judaism in Past and Present , Berlin, 1928–1934, Vol. 7, Col. 689f.
• Guido Kisch: The Breslau seminar. Jewish Theological Seminar (Fraenkel Foundation) in Breslau, 1854–1939. Memorial. Tübingen 1963, p. 416.
• German Biographical Encyclopedia , Vol. 4, Munich 1996, p. 185.
• Peter Schulze : Contributions to the history of the Jews in Hanover (= Hannoversche Studies , Volume 6), Hanover 1998, pp. 101–112.
• Peter Schulze: Gronemann, Blessed. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 230.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadtlexikon Hannover ..., keyword Landrabbinat, p. 383.
2. ↑ Database query on the website of the Frankfurt University Library.