Jewish history of Regensburg Regensburg is a traditionaly Bavarian Jewry; capital of the Upper Palatinate; formerly a free city of the German empire. The great age of the Jewish community in this city is indicated by the tradition that a Jewish colony existed there before the common era; it is undoubtedly the oldest Jewish settlement in Bavaria of which any records exist. The earliest historical reference to Jews in Ratisbon is in a document of 981, where it is stated that the monastery of St.

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  • Jewish history of Regensburg Regensburg is a traditionaly Bavarian Jewry; capital of the Upper Palatinate; formerly a free city of the German empire. The great age of the Jewish community in this city is indicated by the tradition that a Jewish colony existed there before the common era; it is undoubtedly the oldest Jewish settlement in Bavaria of which any records exist. The earliest historical reference to Jews in Ratisbon is in a document of 981, where it is stated that the monastery of St. Emmeram bought a piece of property from the Jew Samuel (Aronius, "Regesten," No. 135). The Jewish quarter, "Judæorum habitacula," is mentioned as early as the beginning of the eleventh century (1006-28), and is the oldest German ghetto to which there is any reference in historical sources (Aronius, l.c. No. 150). The Jews were granted their first privileges there in a charter of 1182. Therein Emperor Frederick I. confirmed the rights they had received by the favor of his predecessors, and assigned to them, as to their coreligionists throughout the empire, the status of chamber servants (see Kammer knechtschaft). But their political position became complicated later by the circumstance that the emperor transferred them to the dukes of Lower Bavaria without releasing them from their obligations as chamber servants. To these overlords the Jews of Ratisbon were pawned in 1322 for the yearly sum of 200 pounds of Ratisbon pfennigs; but they were also subject to taxation by the municipal council of the city, though they received some compensation in the fact that thereby they secured the protection of the city council against the excessive demands of the emperor and the dukes. (see image) Interior of the Old Synagogue at Ratisbon (From a drawing by Altdorfer)
  • Die Geschichte der Juden in Regensburg reicht bis in das 10. Jahrhundert zurück. Heute zählt Regensburg etwa 500 jüdische Bewohner.
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  • Jewish history of Regensburg Regensburg is a traditionaly Bavarian Jewry; capital of the Upper Palatinate; formerly a free city of the German empire. The great age of the Jewish community in this city is indicated by the tradition that a Jewish colony existed there before the common era; it is undoubtedly the oldest Jewish settlement in Bavaria of which any records exist. The earliest historical reference to Jews in Ratisbon is in a document of 981, where it is stated that the monastery of St.
  • Die Geschichte der Juden in Regensburg reicht bis in das 10. Jahrhundert zurück. Heute zählt Regensburg etwa 500 jüdische Bewohner.
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  • Jewish history of Regensburg
  • Judentum in Regensburg
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