| 1267 |
First mention of Jews in Margraviate
Baden |
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| 1524 |
Margrave Philipp I., influenced
by a humanistic mind-set, incorporates a large number
of Jews in Margraviate Baden. |
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| 1584 |
Margrave Philipp II. of Baden-Baden
expels all Jews except the two richest families.
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| 1609 |
The identity of the first Jewish
spa guests proven. |
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| 1681 |
Document mentions the first ever
protection of Jews in the city of Baden-Baden. |
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| 1714 |
First comprehensive and consistent
regulation of the rights and duties of Jews in Margraviate
Baden by “Judenverordnung” (“Regulations for Jews”)
from August 1st, 1714. |
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| 1808 |
The 6. Constitutional Edict declares
Jews from Baden as hereditary-free, i.e. they may
acquire property and carry on trade and commerce
and take over state offices in the executive branch.
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| 1809 |
Weinbrenner builds the new “Armenbad”
(“Bath for the Poor”) in the city of Baden-Baden,
where Jews are also admitted to the third-class
section. |
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| 1816 |
For the first time a Jewish inn
is discovered in documents. |
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| 1848 |
Jews receive equal rights from the
state in the Grand Duchy Baden: admission to the
civil service, eligibility to select representatives,
but still no equal status in civil rights. |
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| 1862 |
In October, complete legal equality
granted to the Jews in Baden-Baden. |
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| 1867 |
18. Opening of the Israelite prayer
room in the Baldreit Inn in Baden-Baden. |
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| 1899 |
Inauguration of the synagogue built
by Ludwig Levy. |
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| 1913 |
22nd of June: Baroness Mathilde
von Rothschild from Frankfurt donates a rehabilitation
home for poor women and girls of Israelite faith,
who were in need of treatment. |
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| 1919/20 |
Anti-Semitic event and violence
in Baden-Baden |
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| 1921 |
Opening of the cemetery donated
by the Lehmann family. |
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| 1930 |
Coalition against the local branch
of NSDAP |
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| 1937 |
20th of January: It is forbidden
for Jewish citizens and guests to visit thermal
baths, to trade and to purchase land. |
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| 1938 |
10th of November: Destruction of
the synagogue; deportation of 52 Jewish men to the
Dachau concentration camp. |
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| 1940 |
Deportation of
fellow Jewish citizens to Auschwitz. |
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| 1947 |
March: The French
occupying power arranges the establishment of a
Jewish prayer room in the studio of the sculptor
Joseph von Kopf, on Werderstrasse 2 (today`s synagogue);
this prayer room is made available to the remaining
fellow Jewish citizens. |
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| 1956 |
Re-foundation
of the Jewish Community. |
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| 1992 |
21st of May: Re-inauguration
of the prayer room – renovated in the meantime –
on Werderstrasse 2. The prayer room was not used
for a long time, because the minimum number of men
was not met. Today the Jewish religious community
includes more than 300 members. |
