Was Pfersee-Süd once home to a thriving Jewish community? Pfersee-Süd, a neighborhood absorbed into Augsburg in 1911, whispers tales of a vanished community. For centuries, this area, once the independent municipality of Pfersee, held a significant Jewish population. The story begins around 1569, as the House of Habsburg, then rulers of Pfersee, encouraged Jewish families to settle, seeing their presence as a strategic move. Among these early settlers was a man named Simon ben Elieser Günzburg, a court factor, considered one of the founding fathers of Pfersee’s Jewish community. The community grew, and by the latter half of the 17th century, Pfersee even housed the rabbinate for the entire Margraviate of Burgau. Life flourished around twenty-eight Jewish homes, a synagogue, two prayer houses, a mikvah (ritual bath), and a schoolhouse. The community even boasted a renowned leader – Shimon ben Jehuda Löb Ulmo. He served as rabbi, judge, and chairman of the “Medinat Schwaben” Jewish district. Their lives, interwoven with the fabric of Pfersee, left behind a legacy, though little remains today to testify to their presence.
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