Wolf Breidenbach

Breidenbach's tomb

Wolf Breidenbach (* August 1750 in Breitenbach ; † February 27, 1829 in Offenbach am Main ) was a German banker and court factor . He is considered to be the author of the replacement of the body duty .

Live and act

Breidenbach, born to poor parents, was sent to Frankfurt am Main to study the Talmud as a boy . Due to his outstanding analytical skills, he became acquainted with the Isenburg Counts, and they made him a court factor. Through his business, especially the jewelery trade, Breidenbach also became acquainted with the Hessian landgrave , who made him his court financier after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to elector .

At his suggestion, Carl Ludwig Moritz abolished the Leibzoll in Isenburg in 1803, a levy to be paid by Jews for their personal protection and thus for their physical integrity. In 1804 he collected money among Jews in order to work for a repeal at the Regensburg Reichstag in the same year, and in the following years he succeeded in abolishing the Jewish customs in other German countries. The last German Leibzoll was abolished in Saxony on September 28, 1813. Therefore Breidenbach was called "advocate of his fellow believers".

Breidenbach's grave is in the old cemetery in Offenbach am Main.

family

Wolf Breidenbach was married three times and survived all wives. His first wife was the daughter of the businessman Samuel Abrahams from Offenbach. He then married Tölzele (Delzche) Israel (1768–1793) and most recently in 1794 Merle (Marianne) Jeanette Frankfert (1768–1829), a daughter of the Offenbach merchant Israel Frankfert. He had two children from his first and four children from his third marriage, including:

Moritz Wilhelm August (1796–1857) ⚭ 1821 Recha Josephine (later Josephine Julie) Neustetel
Eduard Julius Wilhelm (1809–1882), Hessian Privy Councilor and envoy, from 1870 baron

⚭ April 16, 1836 Charlotte Arabette Ogle (* August 12, 1808 - July 22, 1840)

⚭ April 6, 1843 Freiin Ulrike Charlotte Antonie Bertha von Günderrode (* February 24, 1814; † May 24, 1854)

⚭ May 31, 1858 Julie Mathilde Katharine Henriette von Eisenbecher

⚭ May 12, 1866 Emilie von Eisenbecher (sister of the previous one)

literature

Emanuel readers: Breidenbach, Wolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 286.
Heinrich Schnee: Breidenbach, Wolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 571 f. ( Digitized version ).
In memory of Wolff Breidenbach. In: Der Israelit , February 28, 1929, online .

Web links

Commons : Wolf Breidenbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Date of birth according to: Christian Abendroth: Wolf Breidenbach - a Jew from Breitenbach . In: Community Board of Schauenburg (ed.): Contributions to the history of Schauenburg . Schauenburg 1998, p. 65 ff . however, January 10, 1751 is recorded on the tombstone
↑ Martin Kuhn: The memory must not end. In: Offenbach-Post , January 16, 2018, p. 10.
↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, p.66f

personal data
SURNAME	Breidenbach, Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German banker and court Jew; is considered to be the author of the replacement of the body duty
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breitenbach (Schauenburg)
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1829
Place of death	Offenbach am Main

[GD-1] Date of birth according to: Christian Abendroth: Wolf Breidenbach - a Jew from Breitenbach . In: Community Board of Schauenburg (ed.): Contributions to the history of Schauenburg . Schauenburg 1998, p. 65 ff . however, January 10, 1751 is recorded on the tombstone

[2] Martin Kuhn: The memory must not end. In: Offenbach-Post , January 16, 2018, p. 10.

[3] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, p.66f