BIRKENAU


a community on the Weschnitz river about 20 km northeast of Mannheim in Bergstraße district, southern Hesse, Germany



Jewish History

(under construction)
Time Period Region
1499 - 1806
1806 - 1871
1871 - Present

Year Jewish Population Total Population
1828 66
1840 84
1861 104
1872 120
1880 85
1900 48
1910 47

List of Jews in Birkenau
1721
Name
Years resident
Profession
Notes
1
Alte Mänel Levi
46


2
Moses Levi
22


3
Anschel Levi


son of Alt Mänel, married 2 yrs ago and
went under protection of Mossis (the Jewish mayor)
4
Mosis Hirsch


married here, owns house with brother(s),
married Alt Mänel's daughter
5
Judel Hirsch
8

married here, has community with brother(s)
6
Mosis Samuel
18

married here, common poor man
7
Daniel Samuel

livestock
married here
8
Hertz der Alte
13
cattle
owns house
9
Meyer Levi
10
livestock

10
Feist der Alte
24
cantor

11
Männel Pitschiortecher
9


12
Anschel der Alt
9


13
Mordische Hertz
4
livestock

14
Isac Michelbach
2
cattle

15
Copel
3


16
Isac Hertz
5
shopkeeper
from Mannheim
17
Danil Isac

cattle
from Litzelsassen
18
Israel Spillmann
6


19
Löw Israel Spillmann
3

married here
Jews not here
20
Löw der Lange
6

poor
21
Salmon Spielmann
8

own house
22
Gerstel Spielmann
8


23
Lasarus Spielmann
6


24
Löw Salman Spielmann


lives at father's house
Widows
25
Veist Wittibin
28

own house
26
Samuel Wittibin
11

own house
27
Hirsch Wittibin
40

lives with son Moses Hirsch
28
Mordichen Wittib
15



1767
1770
Löw Marx
Löw Marx

Joseph Isaac
Hirschel Moyses
Hirschel Moises
Anschel Levi
Anschel Levi
Mortge Löw
Mordge Löw
Itzig Joseph
Isaac Joseph
Feist Mendel
Feist Mändel
Schmul Lazer
Schmul Haußer
Mortge Mendel
Mordge Mayer

Benjamin Löw

Löser Jacob

Löser Mändel

Moises Hirschel
Mendel

Mendel Löw


The following chart is an attempt (based on known sources) to trace the lineage of Birkenau residents from the patronymic period up to the adoption of surnames. As new information becomes available, this chart will be updated and, hopefully, become increasingly more accurate.


1721
1767
1770 Brandkataster
(1808)
Surname Adoptions - 15 December 1809 Genealogy by Wolfgang Gebhard Gravestones in Birkenau Jewish Cemetery
Old Name New Name




Afron Löser Abraham BENSHEIM


Mortge Mendel
Mordge Mayer

Jonas Marx Jonas BIRKENAUER





Lemele Moyses Lemle BLUM





Israel Nathan Israel BUCHBINDER




Jud Zacharias
(house no. 11)
Zacharias Samuel
Anschel Samuel
Zacharias DARMSTÄDTER
Anschel DARMSTÄDTER
Zacharias DARMSTÄDTER
(1760-1820, sons Samuel (1787) and Anschel (1795))
יששכר ב״ר שמואל בערקינ׳
(Zacharias, son of Samuel, [of] Birkenau, 1820)

אשר ב״ר שמואל מברקנויא
(Ascher, son of Samuel, of Birkenau, 1814)

Hirschel Moyses
Hirschel Moises

Kusel Hirsch Kusel HIRSCH Kuschel HIRSCH
(1750-1829, wife Mehrle geb. Sender, Viernheim)
נפטלילי ב״ר קוסיל הכהן
(Naftali, son of Kusel k"z, 1892)

Mortge Löw
Mordge Löw

Marum Liebmann Marum LIEBMANN



Benjamin Löw
Jud Isaak Löw
(house no. 24)
Benjamin Löw Benjamin LÖW Benjamin LÖB (gen. Bimele)
(1738-1826, wife Glück)
ליב סג״ל בערקנויא
(Löb sg"l [of] Birkenau, 1804)

מרת מלכה אשת כמ״ר ליב סג״ל מקק׳ בערקני
(Malcha, wife of Löb sg"l of Birkenau, 1752)




Jakob Nathan Jakob MANNHEIMER Jakob Nathan MANNHEIMER
(1765-1835, wife Hindle (Hannchen))
נתן ב״ר יעקב ז״ל מבירקנויא
(Nathan, son of Jakob, of Birkenau, 1839)


Löser Jacob

Jakob Löser Jakob MAYER



Löser Mändel

Laser Mendel Laser OBERNDÖRFER Laser Mendel OBERNDÖRFER
(1736-1829, wife Bräunle geb. Salomon, Bettingen)


Schmul Lazer
Schmul Haußer
Jud Laser Samuel
(house no. 19)
Laser Samuel Laser OPPENHEIMER Lazarus OPPENHEIMER
(1765-1862, wife Bräule, Dirkheim/Haard)
מינקלה אשת כמ״ר ליזר אפפענ׳ מבירקנויא
(Minkle, wife of Löser Oppenheimer of Birkenau, 1832)




Jakob Sedel Jakob SEDEL



Moises Hirschel
Jud Kalmann Moises
(house no. 22)
Kallmann Moyses Kallmann STERN


Anschel Levi
Anschel Levi

Anschel Mendel Anschel WOLF
מנחם ב״ר אשר הלוי מבערקנ׳
(Menachem, son of Ascher sg"l, of Birkenau, 1801)

פעגלה בת כ״ה אשר סגל מבורק׳
(Vögle, daughter of Ascher sg"l, of Birkenau, 1744)

References
[1] Alemannia Judaica: Birkenau community (translation), Birkenau cemetery (translation)
[2] Gebhard, Wolfgang. Geschichte Der Birkenauer Juden. Birkenau, 1993.