Wimpfener Judenordnung from 1598

The Wimpfener Judenordnung of 1598 was enacted in 1598 by the council of the imperial city of Wimpfen, today Bad Wimpfen in the district of Heilbronn ( Baden-Württemberg ). It regulated the life of the local Jews as protective relatives because they were not citizens .

Jewish order

The beginning of the Jewish order is as follows:

"Order of Jews from 1598"

"Accordingly, a prudent Ersamer weyser advice alhie to Wimpfen found that foreign Jews outside the city of Wimpfen stay, near and far, often seen in the place and strange on March days, deal with the burgers all the time financially with buyers, Wake up and do other forbidden contracts, some after and day when they stayed together, so that a common castle and its residents are difficult. So a clouded Ersamen thought it was good to put in place the following order, which they wanted to have incorporated tightly and stiffly in Pöen. First of all, no Jew who lives in Unndern- or Oberneyseßhaim, Kochendorff, Neckhersulm, Hainßen, Gundelßhaim, Wagenbach, Kirchhausen, Rappenaw, Bonfeldt, Hüpfelbawer Hoff or any other place on the right should not stay overnight here, but which Jew is one of them overnight would accommodate, the should 3 pounds and the housed also 3 pounds too tight. (...) "

The Jewish regulations were renewed and expanded in 1626 and 1630. It was stipulated that only four Jewish families were allowed to live in the city as protective relatives. They were forbidden to own more than two houses in Wimpfen. In 1630, the obligation to label Jews in Wimpfen with yellow rings on their clothing was lifted. They were not allowed to build a school or a synagogue , they were only allowed to pray together.

literature

• Jüdisches Leben Kraichgau eV (Hrsg.): Torn from oblivion. Jewish life in the Kraichgau. Exhibition catalog for the traveling exhibition . Eppingen 2011, p. 7. (there print of the first page of the Judenordnung from 1598 as facsimile and transcription )