Jewish cemetery

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Unlike most other Jewish cemeteries, the Jewish cemetery in Bad Wilsnack is part of the municipal cemetery and was probably established around 1860. It is located in the southern part of the cemetery and has a size of about 240 square meters. The cemetery is separated from the Christian burial ground by a border and has space for 45 graves. The last burial took place in 1941.

Engros warehouse of tulle, lace and white goods - Freudenberg & Meyer

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The 1874 Berlin address book contains the following entry: Freudenberg & Meyer, Engros-Lager von Tülls, Spitzen und Weißwaaren, Poststr. 5, Inh. Bernhard Freudenberg & Paul Schwerin. Bernhard Freudenberg was born in Magdeburg on May 11, 1823. His parents were Moses Freudenberg, born September 6, 1786 in Magdeburg, and Henrietta Wolff, born March 12, 1796 in Halberstadt. Bernhard Freudenberg was married to Bertha Abraham, born April 15, 1828 at Drezdenko in Poland.Her parents were Perez Leiser Abraham.

The mikvah of Worms

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The mikvah is located in the garden of the synagogue. It was built in the years 1184 to 1186 in the Romanesque style. It is one of the äoldest preserved ritual baths in the world. An above-ground bathhouse, demolished in the 19th century, also in Romanesque style, probably also served the Säuberung.

Today, a staircase leads to a narrow antechamber, which probably served as a changing niche. From there, a semicircular curved staircase leads seven meters down to the water level. The mirror is today at seven meters from the ground surface.

Aniline Dyes Factory - Leopold Cassella & Co.

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The origins of Leopold Cassella & Co. G.m.b.H. go back to 1798 in Frankfurt. At that time, David Lüb Caßel, who was born in Friedberg on December 8, 1766, founded the Caßel & Reiß " specialty goods business with his brother-in-law Isaac Elias Reiß in Frankfurt's Judengasse. When Ludwig Aaron Gans, who had joined the business in 1822, married Rosette Goldschmidt, daughter of Leopold Cassela's sister, who had joined his family due to his childless marriage, Ludwig Aaron Gans became a partner in the business. Together they founded the trading company Leopold Cassella & Co.

Ladies clothing store - Isaak Klein

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Isaak Klein was born on July 29, 1846 in Poppenlauer. His wife was Sophie Cromwell, born in Gunzenhausen. The couple married on August 4,1879 and had four children - Lina, born on 7.Jni 1880 in Poppenlauer, - Gerdi, born on 15.März 1882 in Poppenlauer, - Siegfried, born on. May 30, 1884 in Gunzenhausen, - Theodor, born March 3, 1886 in Gunzenhausen. The couple ran a ladies' clothing store at Gerberstra;e 7 and lived at Burgstallstra;e 1. The two daughters Lina and Gerdi married and lived in Berlin.

Store for gallantry goods - J. Blumenstein

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Joseph Blumenstein was born on 11.04.1828. The parents were Enslein Blumenstein and Getti, née Bernheimer. Joseph Blumenstein, a merchant and master weaver, was married to Doris Dormitzer, born in Baiersdorf on Oct. 12, 1837. In 1863 the couple bought the house - Am Marktplatz 5 -  and ran a weaving mill and a cut goods and hop trade in it. After the death of Joseph Blumenstein in 1891, the widow continued to run the business as a gallantry shop until 1915. Subsequently, four daughters continued to run the business as a manufactory and ready-made clothing store.

Jewish cemetery Gleidingen

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The cemetery at the Stichstra;e "Am Judenfriedhof", an extension of the Dammackerweg, probably exists since at least 1749. The first ascertainable burial, the gravestone Levi Selig, points to the year 1840. The jüngste gravestone was for a long time that of the couple Arnold and Else Frank, who were buried here in 1936 and 1938. From the time before the Second World War, a total of 52 graves with 51 gravestones are preserved.