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In Groß-Zimmern there was a Jewish community until 1938. Its origin goes back to the time of the 17th/18th century. For the first time in 1605 a Jewish inhabitant is mentioned in Groß-Zimmern. In the 18th century there was already an independent Jewish community: in 1770 there were already 19 Jewish families living in the village; in 1802 there were 13, in 1815 15 families.