"In the then Hamburg office Ritzebüttel - today part of the city of Cuxhaven - the first Jews settled around the middle of the 18th century, a few years later, about 1760 arose in the Brockeswald their Begräbnisplatz, which already had to be expanded in 1818. Around 1800 the ‚Israelitische Gemeinde zu Ritzebüttel’ was constituted, which built its own synagogue in 1815/16.

The pictures are taken from the "Verzeichnis der in der Hochfürstlichen Residenzstadt Oettingen unter der Juden-Gemeinde in dem verflossenen 1800. Jahr Neugebohrenen, Copulierten und Verstorbenen"

In the list of members of the Society of Israeliten-Eintracht, which was laid out at the time of its foundation, the name of Abraham Michelbacher is also found. As his profession is indicated - soap boiler master. In a letter of April 27, 1849 to the city magistrate - proposal and request of the Israelite Cultus Administration for permission to establish a burial ground, the name of  Abraham Michelbacher is also found as one of the six signed members of the Israelite Cultus Administration.

Joel Götz, born on July 23, 1809 in Fürth was a merchant ( Handelsmann für Ausschnittswaren ) and rabbi. He was married to Nanni Götz, née Rieger. The couple had two children, Moses Hayum Götz and Sara Götz, married Schopflocher.

In the Fürth address book from 1859, the following entry is found - First Main District - Mohrenstraße - house number 45 - Götz, Joel, Schnittwarenhandlung, Firma J. L. Götz.

The massive hall of Wilhelm Wertheimer at the railroad station, about 30 m long and 15 m wide, was destroyed on September 9, 1924, by a whirlwind that overturned a large number of telegraph poles and uprooted about 600 fruit trees on its way along the road from Kippenheim to Lahr.