Bernhardt Loewenberg

History of the Jewish community ( english version ) from source

In Hohebach, which belonged to the county of Hohenlohe until the beginning of the 19th century, Jews lived as early as the Middle Ages (persecution of Jews during the plague in 1348/49). Jews have been mentioned again

since the 17th century . When the town temporarily belonged to the Teutonic Order in the 17th century, Jewish families were taken in in 1637 with the consent of the citizens. During the Thirty Years' War, they were tasked with supplying Weikersheim and the surrounding area with basic goods. In 1740, 40 Jewish people lived in Hohebach.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Hohebach was a branch of Ailringen . In 1817, the municipality of Hohebach became independent.

In the 19th century, the number of Jewish residents developed as follows: 1807 62 Jewish residents, 1824 100 (11.4% of a total of 875 residents), 1843 145, 1854 168; highest number around 1858 with 181 people, then decline: 1886 110, 1900 101 (12.6% of 804), 1910 68 (9.3% of 733).

The facilities included a synagogue (see below), a Jewish school ( elementary school , continued in the 1920s as a voluntary denominational school), a ritual bath (built in 1828 on the Hohebach, building used as a laundry until the 1960s, Obere Gasse 11, then demolished; in its place today is a garage for the building Obere Gasse 11) and a cemetery . A teacher was employed to carry out the community's religious tasks , who also worked as a prayer leader and shochet (see advertisement from 1901 below). In the 19th century, the community belonged to the Weikersheim rabbinical district , and after its dissolution to the Mergentheim rabbinical district.

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Translation of family record in MEDIA:

Day of birth: 29. November 1801 in Lauchheim

Hausfather: Bernhardt Loewenberg Jewish schoolmaster, Inhabitant and wood turner, weaver and trader too, died 6. October 1865 here

date of marriage:

I) 4. November 1828 here Jüttle, born 10. October 1798 here, died 26. Januar 1836

26. Januar 1836

II Gütel, born 16. May 1802 in Nanzenheim(?), died 25. June 1866

III Helene, widow of the deceased shoemaker (?) Feist (?) in (?) Bavaria, born 1. June 1837 in Oberdorf, died 6. October 1868

father: Bonheim Löwenberg, former Cantor in Lauchheim

mother: Hanna, nee Manasses from Hechtbergnear Würzburg

father of I: Elkan Kahn, Jewish Scholar here

mother of I: Zlufa nee Beyerle Moses from Ditna near Ansbach

father of II: deceased David Freytag, formerly protected Jew in Wachenheim(?)

mother of II: deceased Hanna nee Pfeiffer from Marktsteff

father of III: deceased Joseph Oftertag(?), trader in Oberdorf

mother of III: Bela nee Löwenberg

Children

1) Doran Löwenberg born 1829, Sept. 15 in Hartheim, died 1832, Febr. 1832

2) Beyerle Löwenberg, born 1830, Nov. 3,

3) Joseph Bonheim Löwenberg, born 1832, Jan. 1 emigrated

4) Elkan born 1833, June 1, died 1834, May 9

5) Helene Löwenberg, born 1835, Febr. 12, married 1859, July 13 Bernhard Schloss froom Edelfingen

1) female stillbirth 1837, April 29

2) Sara Löwenberg, born 1838, June 25, died (?)

3) David Löwenberg, born 1839, Oct. 25 emigrated to the US in 1855