Hagenbach was in the first half of the 19th century one of the most important Jewish rural communities in Upper Franconia, until 1894 the seat of one of the five district rabbinates of the Bamberg State Rabbinate. At times, the Jewish community accounted for more than half of the village population.

The first settlement of Jews in Hagebach probably dates back to the time of the Thirty Years' War, in the following decades the sovereigns encouraged their settlement, and by 1730 there were already almost 30 families in the village.

In the address book of the city of Munich of 1905 find the following entries - Hirsch Samuel ( Meyer & Hirsch ) factory owner, Bereiteranger 15/0 Tel.241, - Hirsch Sarah, Fabrikantens.- widow      ( Fa.Meyer & Hirsch ) Bereiteranger 15/2  Tel.241

Arthur Lebrecht was born in Nuremberg on March 11, 1882. He studied law in Munich and Erlangen. His state examination for Dr. jur. in 1908 in Erlangen. His admission to the bar for Nuremberg covered the period 1909 - 30.11.1938. On 29.11.1942 his deportation to the Baltic  -  Riga-Jungfernhof . The time and place of his death is not known.

In the Berlin Address Book, 1907 edition, there is the following entry:  Felix Levy, Ladies and Children's Coats Engros Export, W56, Jägerstraße 47/48, (Tel. L204) Inh. F. Levy, Wohn. W 35  Strelitzer Str. 27/1  (Tel. VL 239).

Dr. Emil Epstein accepted in 1921 on behalf of the Augsburg Jewish Community in his capacity as 1st chairman the two war memorial plaques with the names of the 24 members of the Jewish Community who died in the World War. These were inaugurated on Sunday, November 3, 1921 in the synagogue. In addition to the names of the fallen, the plaques bear the inscription "The community to its fallen. They also died for us. 1914-1918. "