Alemannia Judaica

In Schifferstadt existed a small Jewish community until 1940. Their emergence goes back to the time of the 19th century . But there were apparently already in the 17th century individual Jewish residents (1662 Jacob Jud zu Schiuerstatt). Between 1715 and 1747 Jewish persons are likewise named in the place.

In Rülzheim existed until 1940 one of the largest Jewish communities in the southern Palatinate. 1667 Jews are first mentioned in the place. Around 1700 there are several families. 1750 eight families were counted, 1808 already 179 Jewish community members (10.2% of the total population).

The families lived largely from trade, including household goods, soap, agricultural products. Jewish tradesmen played a special role in the local tobacco industry: three cigar factories in the village belonged to Jewish entrepreneurs.

In the until the beginning of the 19th century free imperial city of Rottweil existed a Jewish community first in the Middle Ages. For the first time 1315 the "Judenort" is mentioned in the city. During the persecution during the plague period in 1349 the community was destroyed. From about 1380 (until 1418) there were again individual Jews living in the town. Around 1500, the Jews were expelled from the town. In the 17th century, some Jews were temporarily admitted to the town (two families in 1648).

In Rockenhausen (town since 1332) Jews lived in the second half of the 13th century. A pogrom occurred on April 23, 1283 (four days after pogroms in Mainz and Bacharach), when 13 Jews were slain in Rockenhausen. Others were forcibly baptized or managed to escape. A few years later (from 1309) Jews again lived in the town. During the persecution in the plague period 1348/49 Jews were also murdered in Rockenhausen. After that, the sources about Jews in the town are silent for a long time.
  

In the former free imperial city of Oppenheim there was already a Jewish community in the Middle Ages. In an imperial tax list from 1242 Jews are mentioned in the town for the first time. They lived mainly from money lending. The most important position was held by a Jud Anselm, who is mentioned in numerous money transactions between 1285 and 1305. A lively intellectual life characterized the community. Oppenheim's scholars were also recognized in surrounding towns. A valuable Pentateuch manuscript from Oppenheim is kept in the Ambrosiana in Milan.

In Obermoschel, a Jewish community existed until 1938/39. Its emergence goes back to the time of the 18th century. However, there were already Jews in the town in the Middle Ages. According to the Deutz Memorbuch, the persecution hit them in the plague period of 1348/49. Also in 1429 a Jew is mentioned in Obermoschel (Jud Salman, who is granted a mine in Selberg). After that, however, individual Jews cannot be traced until the second half of the 17th century: in 1674, one Jewish inhabitant is mentioned in the town.

In (Bad) Rappenau a Jewish community existed from the 16th/17th century until 1937. In 1572/74 the "Jud von Rappenau" (probably identical with the Gumprecht von Rappenau mentioned in 1575/76) is mentioned for the first time, who lived among other things from money lending. In the Wimpfener Judenordnung of 1598, which regulated the relationship to foreign Jews, Rappenau is also mentioned as a Jewish place of residence. There is further mention of Jews in Rappenau in the 2nd half of the 17th century.

Mücke is a municipality in the central Hessian Vogelsbergkreis.

The place name comes from the Celtic language. It is derived from "much" or "mack", which means something like damp and swampy. Documentarily, the name Mücke, in connection with this region, was first mentioned in 1482 in a tax list of the parish of Merlau. Before the territorial reform of 1972, there was no place with the place name "Mücke", but a railroad station Mücke on the route Giessen-Fulda (Vogelsbergbahn) and a postal place name "Mücke".