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Jewish Families from Želeč (Seltsch), Czech Republic

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  • Julius Hirsch (1892 - 1892)
    Birth record: ŽELEČ (o. Louny) N2477 (22/66): Death record: ŽELEČ (o. Louny) Z2478 (11/20): Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : May 12 2018, 6:32:28 UTC
  • Hilda Hirsch (1895 - 1895)
    Birth record: ŽELEČ (o. Louny) N2477 (24/66): Death record: ŽELEČ (o. Louny) Z2478 (11/20): Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : May 12 2018, 6:32:28 UTC
  • Jakob Klingsberg (1887 - d.)
    Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : May 12 2018, 6:33:20 UTC
  • Theresia Klingsberg (1851 - 1881)
    Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : May 12 2018, 6:35:26 UTC
  • Bernard Klingsberg (1880 - 1880)
    Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : May 12 2018, 6:35:26 UTC

This project seeks to document the Jewish families the village of Želeč (Seltsch) in municipality Měcholupy in the district Louny in the Usti region, Bohemia.

In 1812, the Jews of Seltsch/Želeč - namely Gottlieb Hönig, Israel Löbl, Markus Löbl, Abraham Löbl, Abraham Wambach, and Markus Lilling - ceded their six seats in the prayer house of Michelob/Měcholupy to its Jewish community and established their own prayer house in Seltsch/Želeč.
Cession agreement:
https://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=F147B18C...
https://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=F147B18C...

Land records (for Jews) in Želeč from 1772 on.
Domin[ical] Grundbuch ab a[nn]o 1772. Tom[us] I.
Land records/Urbaria/Subject registers Státní oblastní archiv v Litoměřicích - Archivní odbor
Sbírka pozemkových knih • sig. OS Žatec 1507
[ https://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=F147B18C...]

You can locate the houses of the Jewish families from Želeč in the historical cadastral maps e.g.
https://ags.cuzk.cz/archiv/openmap.html?typ=omc&idrastru=B2_a_4C_67...