Notes on the Jewish History of Niederbreisig

Notes on the Jewish History of Niederbreisig

In the past Niederbreisig was an independent village in what is now the German province of Rhineland-Pfalz, located along the Rhine's shores on the way between the cities of Bonn and Koblenz (Coblenz).

Nowadays, it is a neighbourhood of the town of Bad Breisig, alongside Oberbreisig and Rheineck.

Yet, this locality used to host its own Jewish community and a number of small pieces of information about it are still available to us today.

Here we will present some of them:

We know that there where Jewish inhabitants of Niederbreisig as early as the fourteenth century, as in the year 1347 there was a Jewish family documented to be living there.

There are records of pogroms against the local Jews in the sixteenth century and of people paying the "Judengeldt" (Jewish tax).

In 1854 there were 22 Jews living in Niederbreisig.

We also know that the Niederbreisig community was closely connected with the neighbouring communities in Oberbreisig, Rheineck, and Brohl.

Announcement in the magazine "Der Israelit" (The Israelite) from 26 November 1886, saying: "A seminary-trained religion teacher is appointed by the synagogue district of Sinzig (including the communities of Remagen and Niederbreisig)..."


More information about the communities of the region (in German)

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