Street & Locale Names

Frieda Glücksmann or as she is also titled by a German-language newspaper from England "The Princess of Lehnitz" has led from 1934-1938 the Jewish convalescent home in Lehnitz, this she did under difficult conditions, with an impressive dedication and willpower. 

To preserve the work and the memory of this extraordinary woman, the city of Oranienburg has since October 2005 a Lehnitzer street named after the dignitary. Frieda Glücksmann is to stand here symbolically for humanism and solidarity during a cruel period of time. 

The former Judengasse, today's Lindenstrasse, is located on the northern city wall of the Brandenburg New Town and was first mentioned as such around 1490.

Little is known about the early history of the Jews of Tübingen in the Middle Ages. What is certain, however, is that Tübingen's Judengasse was first mentioned in a document as early as 1398. The name originated from the medieval Jewish quarter in today's city center (between Haaggasse and Krummen Brücke). The quarter was characterized by its ghetto-like construction: It was closed off with gates and comprised about 30 houses.

The former Rudolf Mosse Strasse ran from the specified location in a northerly direction to Gaudystrasse, the further course of the street to the Ringbahn carried and bears the name Sonnenburger Strasse.

The Benedikt-Elsas-Weg in Remseck-Aldingen is named after the textile entrepreneur Benedikt Elsas (1816-1876), who came from Aldingen, was the first Jew to be able to train as a weaver there and started his own weaving mill in 1844 at Schlößlesstraße 2 (Aldingen Old Schoolhouse).

When a street name was sought in 2018 for the new street in the "Nördlich Brunnenstraße" development area in Remseck-Hochberg, the Remseck municipal council unanimously decided to name it after Abraham Herz. This was the first time that the Hochberg Jewish community was commemorated by a street name. Abraham Herz was a member of the Hochberg community council from 1845 to 1870 and thus, according to the description of the Oberamt Waiblingen from 1850, the first Jew in such an office in the Kingdom of Württemberg.