Jewish Community

Jews in Anröchte - Since 1614: 377 years of Jews in Anröchte

A summary of our current knowledge by Franz Blanke

Heimatverein Anröchte in June 1991, self-published by Heimatverein Anröchte e.V.

Julius Metzger was born on February 11, 1846 in Wachbach near Bad Mergentheim. After studying for three years (1861 - 1864) at the Esslingen Teachers' College, he was initially employed in the Jewish congregations in Jebenhausen and Kochendorf. From 1871 to 1908, he was a teacher and prayer leader in the Jewish congregation in Cannstatt. He died in Stuttgart in 1921. Julius Metzger found his final resting place in the Israelite section of the Prague cemetery.  

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Simple community center with art exhibitions, lectures, courses and special events.

The Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich was founded by 12 men on March 29, 1862, then still known as the "Israelitischer Kultusverein", after the legal restrictions for Jews in the canton of Zürich had been lifted. Previously, Jews were only allowed to live in the Surbtal communities of Endingen and Lengnau. In 1880, the name of this association was changed to "Israelitische Cultusgemeinde".

The buildings, which originally belonged to the Prague Burial Brotherhood, were the headquarters of several departments of the Jewish religious community. Among other things, the personnel office and the statistics office, the housing department and building administration, the social welfare department and the administration of Jewish social institutions were located here.

In October 1945, the Chief Rabbinate was established at the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in Bavaria. The two Lithuanian rabbis Samuel A. Snieg and Samuel Ros were at its head. In addition, Rabbi Baruch Leiserowksi was on the council representing the urban district of Munich. The council was responsible for all religious matters and appointed representatives in all DP camps.

The IRGW is the Jewish community for the Württemberg region of Baden-Württemberg. Its roots go back to 1832, the year in which the Jewish community in Stuttgart was formally founded. In 1912, the IRGW was recognized as a corporation under public law. Since its re-establishment in 1945, the IRGW has grown to more than 2,500 parishioners. In addition, there are numerous family members cared for by the IRGW who are not Jewish themselves.