Leimersheim Explained

Image Coa:DEU_Leimersheim_COA.svg
Coordinates:49.1225°N 8.3433°W
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Germersheim
Verbandsgemeinde:Rülzheim
Image Plan:Leimersheim in GER.svg
Elevation:105
Area:12.97
Postal Code:76774
Area Code:07272
Licence:GER
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 34 016
Website:www.leimersheim.de
Mayor:Matthias Schardt[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsbürgermeister
Party:CDU

Leimersheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

History

In the early 18th century, there were two Jewish families living in Leimersheim, and by the early 19th century, there were ten families. By 1880, there were 118 Jewish people living in Leimersheim, which eventually went down to 26 by 1932 before the beginning of World War II.[2]

Famous people

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3340000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Germersheim
  2. Book: Vashem . Yad . The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: K-Sered . 2001 . . 9780814793770 . 713 . 14 January 2019 . en.