Street & Locale Names

The footpath that connects Gojenbergsweg with Justus-Brinkmann-Straße has borne the name of the Jewish entrepreneur and manufacturer Michael Nathan (born 1812) since 2014.

It is located close to the Nathans' Jewish family cemetery and commemorates the work and history of this Bergedorf family.

A small Jewish community existed in Zell am Main from the beginning of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century. It was characterized by the activities of the Rosenbaum family, who established a Talmud school here. The Laubhütte (Sukka) in the Judenhof is the symbol of their work and has been open to the public since 2014.

Mendel Rosenbaum (1782-1868) is the best-known member of the former Jewish community in Zell am Main. He founded the Judenhof and enjoyed high recognition and political influence throughout Bavaria. 

Square in Karlshorst named after Johanna and Willy Brauer. A Jewish couple who lived in Karlshorst for many years and hid Jewish citizens during the Nazi era.

Birth dates according to the sign: born 1883 / died 1944 and born 1875 / died 1948

During the imperial era and the Weimar Republic, the Jewish residents were well integrated into the social life of the village. They were represented in the local associations and were involved in the fire department. Samuel Eberhardt, the head of the religious council, was elected to the municipal council. During the First World War, two men from the Jewish community of Maäbach lost their lives. Their names are inscribed on the bronze plaque at the war memorial for the fallen of the First World War (Neue Strasse).

 1914 MARX. MORITZ. 15.5.

1916 DR. GOLDSTEIN. MX. 16.9.

In memory of Joseph Ben Issachar Süßkind Oppenheimer (1698 - 04.02.1738), a square in the heart of the state capital Stuttgart, parallel to the main shopping street and in the immediate vicinity of the former Münzprägeanstalt, commemorates Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer. After extensive renovation work, which has significantly upgraded the square, a memorial site is also expected to commemorate the square's namesake, who was the victim of a judicial murder in Stuttgart, from December 2024.

The passage in the inner courtyard of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), between Stuttgart's main railway station and the Europaviertel with its new city library and the Milaneo shopping center, commemorates Karoline Chaile Kaulla, who made history as a Swabian entrepreneur.

The Judengraben is a very important project built by King Frederick II at the end of the 18th century. The ditch was intended to transport felled tree trunks from the Potsdam and Templin forests towards the city canal. It was built so that the logs would not have to be transported by water past the island of Hermannswerder. So this ditch has nothing to do with the Nazi era, it takes its name from the „court Jew“ Daniel Itzig. Itzig was born on March 18, 1723 and died on May 21, 1799. He was active at the royal court as a merchant and received a great deal of recognition as a result.

When the town of Landshut was founded in 1204, the first Jewish inhabitants settled in the area of today's "Dreifaltigkeitsplatz" and several side streets (including Nahensteig/Narrensteig), see separate entry. According to "Alemannia Judaica" Jews "were first mentioned in 1256 in a police and trade regulation". In Spitzlberger's book (p. 167) there is evidence that Jews were even involved in the construction of the town of Landshut as early as 1204 as donors. 

The Jews living in Löbejün attended the synagogue in Gröbzig.

Narrow alley in the city center, which today leads from Topfmarkt to Jakobstraße. However, the breakthrough to Jakobstraße only came about in the 18th century. The alley was used as a Jewish quarter, for which there is evidence of a synagogue and a mikvah. In 1410, the number of Jewish families was limited to 22. The expulsion took place in 1494. After the transfer of Naumburg from Saxony to Prussia following the Congress of Vienna (1815), Jews resettled, but did not move back to Jüdengasse.