Small town in Mittelfranken, containing one of the oldest Jewish communities in Bavaria. The statement of Stern-Neubauer that the word
After the expulsion of the Jews from Spain many went by way of Italy to Germany; and the community of Pappenheim was considerably increased by these immigrants, who formed a separate congregation, or at all events so strongly influenced the existing congregation that they were able to introduce the Venetian ritual. The Venetian minhag still exists there.
The earliest tombstone in the cemetery, which was closed in 1867, bears the date 5118 = 1357-58. The synagogue was built in 1811. At present the Jews of Pappenheim number 22 in a total population of 1,677.
Bibliography:
- Neunter Jahresbericht des Historischen Vereins für Mittelfranken, pp. 71 et seq.;
- Müller, Aus Fünf Jahrhunderten, p. 218;
- Stern-Neubauer, Hebräische Berichte über die Judenverfolgung Während der Kreuzzüge, p. 25.
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