JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF SCHWEDT/Oder and VIERRADEN (Brandenburg) and TÜTZ (West Prussia)
Common Surnames: LOEWENHEIM, WANGENHEIM, SEELIG, MEINHARDT, LOEWENBERG, EPPENSTEIN
I am primarily researching the LOEWENHEIM and WANGENHEIM families that originated in Tütz (now Tuczno) and migrated to the neighbouring communities of Schwedt/Oder and Vierraden. However, I am also collecting data on all families from these three towns to reconstruct the various intermarriages.
The recently published book "Juden in Schwedt : ihr Leben in der Stadt von 1672 bis 1942 und ihr Friedhof" by Brigitte Heidenhain provides not only a very detailed history of the Jewish Community fully referenced to original sources, but also gives a lot of personal information on individuals and families, including extensive family trees.
This Schwedt Jewish Family Tree Database contains information on many of the families, though information on Loewenheim, Wangenheim & Meinhardt are obtained from here.
I hope to include on this site extracts from records relating to the Jewish Communities of these places.
VIERRADEN:
I am very grateful to Lutz Libert (Schwedt), Yehuda Meinhardt (Israel) & Kurt Friedlaender (Australia) for copies of these documents from Vierraden:
Vierraden Jewish Birth Registers
Vierraden Jewish Marriages Registers
Vierraden 1858 Jewish census
Vierraden Jewish records
23 Jan 1844: Survey of Vierraden Jewish Communities [Source: Die Juden und die jüdischen Gemeinden Preussens in amtlichen Enqueten des Vormärz (1998)]
27 Feb 1843 : Census of Schwedt & Vierraden Jewish Communities [Source: Die Juden und die jüdischen Gemeinden Preussens in amtlichen Enqueten des Vormärz (1998)]
SCHWEDT (more details to follow):
Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths 1812-1860 are available on LDS films. These include a Family register up to 1815.
Minutes Books and other documents relating to Schwedt Jewish Community are at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Documents now in Stadtarchiv Schwedt: Items1626, Items 1627-1632 [Source: Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer]
Documents from former Schwedt Amtsgericht, now at Brandenburgerisches Landeshauptarchiv, Potsdam: Items 4641-4644; Item 4645. [Source: Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer]
Documents from former Gesamtarchiv der deutschen Juden, now at Centrum Judaicum Berlin: Items 7439-7440; Items 7441-7452; Items 7453-7461; Items 7462-7482; Items 7483-7506; Items 7507-7520 [Source: Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer]
Documents from Gewerbeaudsichtsämter in Regierungsbezirk Potsdam, now at Brandenburgerisches Landeshauptarchiv, Potsdam: Item 3153 Rohtabrikfabriken Schwedt und Vierraden 1897-1919: incl. Paul Meinhardt [Source: Inventar zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung in den staatlichen Archiven der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]
23 Jan 1844: Survey of Schwedt & Vierraden Jewish Communities [Source: Die Juden und die jüdischen Gemeinden Preussens in amtlichen Enqueten des Vormärz (1998)]
27 Feb 1843 : Census of Schwedt & Vierraden Jewish Communities [Source: Die Juden und die jüdischen Gemeinden Preussens in amtlichen Enqueten des Vormärz (1998)]
TUETZ (now TUCZNO):
Jewish Census of 1810 available at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
N.B. There are many errors and uncertainties in my reading of the old documents; I would welcome any offers to help to obtain a more accurate transcription of them . If anyone has any questions or comments regarding the data, or can see any connections with their family please
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Last updated: 04 October 2010
