In 1760, the cattle trader Abraham Gideon (1727-1796) from Nordstetten came to Hochberg as the first Schutzjude. In 1772 the Jewish community of Hochberg was founded and Abraham became the first head of the Jewish community. In 1777 he bought the former official house at Hauptstr. 13 from the cooper Wartinger, which Wartinger had in turn purchased in 1759. This marked the beginning of the determined acquisition of real estate by Jewish families in the former Vordere Gasse (today Hauptstraße).