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Moritz Esslinger

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wankheim, Kusterdingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: January 20, 1882 (79)
Place of Burial: Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Leopold Esslinger and Fanny Friederike Esslinger
Husband of Pauline (Twin) Esslinger
Father of Adolf Esslinger; Sophia Bikard; Emil Esslinger; Emma Wolf; Karl Esslinger and 5 others
Brother of Joseph Esslinger; Nanette Esslinger; Friderica Esslinger; Pauline Esslinger; Ernestine Esslinger and 1 other

Occupation: Banker
Managed by: Andrew Bloch
Last Updated:

About Moritz Esslinger

See Hahn, Joachim: Jüdisches Leben in Esslingen. Geschichte, Quellen und Dokumentation, pages 371 to 379.

Moritz, the son of Abraham Eßlinger born in 1802, engaged in the Jewish community of Rottweil; He was appointed municipal councilor in 1858 ". He was also a member of the Synagogue Association, founded in 1861. On 4 June 1833 he married Pauline Degginger from Mühlen, a daughter of Nathan Degginger, born on 12 December 1807 in Mühlen, and his wife Gidiana née Levi. Eleven children were born from the marriage, all of whom were born in Rottweil, but some died early.

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Around 1865, Moritz Eßlinger moved with his family to Stuttgart, where he opened a bank business and most recently lived as a private individual. He died on 20 January 1882 and his wife Pauline on 28 April 1888. Both are buried in the Israelite part of the Prague cemetery.

Mentioned in the book Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside. https://books.google.com/books?id=N9KbwXcS7OgC
According to the book, Moritz became the first Jewish citizen in the town of Rottweil in 1841, after over 10 years of petitions.

Grave: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/NUP7VDMGKX4SXXXRDX...

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Moritz Esslinger's Timeline

1802
October 15, 1802
Wankheim, Kusterdingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1835
October 12, 1835
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1836
December 21, 1836
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1838
February 19, 1838
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1840
September 9, 1840
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1842
January 8, 1842
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1844
July 7, 1844
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1845
August 18, 1845
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1846
October 10, 1846
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1847
November 9, 1847
Rottweil, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany