Heilbronn Family Collection, Tann

Collection

Identifier: AR 4157

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The first part contains 50 documents from 1804 to 1863. About 20 of them refer to real estate property, houses and land. The documents of the 18th century show no Jewish names; they describe change of ownership of various properties which probably later came into Jewish hands; there is also the story of a certain family Hoffmann. Family Heilbronn appears as property owner in 1811. Various testaments give names of members of families Heilbrunn, Gerber, Rabenstein. Joseph and Sandel Heilbrunn received their concessions as weavers in 1843 and 1848.

The second part shows the influence of the manufacturing firm of Josef Heilbronn Sohn in Tann. Correspondence attests to the family’s efforts to build a railroad from Fulda to Tann; a petition for building of the railroad was granted in 1886. Also included are papers regarding the fraternal organization Chewrath Habichurim, which was established in Tann in 1833 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1893 under its president S. Heilbronn.

Dates

Creation: 1704-1893

Creator

Heilbronn family (Family)

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Tann an der Rhoen in the district of Hilders, a small city in central Germany (1200 inhabitans in 1919) had a Jewish community active in the cattle trade and as weavers.