Hermanmiestec
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 Saint Bartholomew Church
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Pardubice | ||
| District | Chrudim | ||
| Commune | Chrudim | ||
| Municipality | Heřmanův Městec | ||
| Elevation | 280 m (919 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°56′51″N 15°40′5″E / 49.94750°N 15.66806°ECoordinates: 49°56′51″N 15°40′5″E / 49.94750°N 15.66806°E | ||
| Area | 14.34 km2 (5.54 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 4,822 (2014-01-01) | ||
| Density | 336/km2 (870/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1325 | ||
| Mayor | Aleš Jiroutek | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 538 03 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.hermanuv-mestec.cz | |||
Heřmanův Městec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦɛr̝manuːf ˈmɲɛstɛts]; German: Hermanmiestetz, Hermannstädt(e)l) is a town in Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has c. 4,800 inhabitants.
Jews were living there as early as 1509, engaged in commerce and money-lending; but the Jewish community proper dates from 1591. The Jews were confined to a ghetto under the protectorate of the overlords of the city. One of these, Count Johann Wenceslaus Spork, built a synagogue in 1760, which was modernized in 1870. The Jewish parochial school was transformed into a German public school. Since 1891 Hermanmiestetz has been the seat of a district rabbi, the dependent communities being Chrudim, Roubowitz, and Drevikau.
The following have officiated as rabbis in Hermanmiestetz:
Judah Löb Borges (died 1872), a member of the community distinguished for his Talmudic and literary attainments, officiated temporarily whenever there was a vacancy in the rabbinate.
The community supports a burial society, a society for nursing the sick, a Talmud Torah, and a women's society. The cemetery must have existed as early as the sixteenth century, for it is recorded in a document that in 1667 a field was bought from a citizen for the purpose of enlarging the burial-ground. In 1903 the Jews of Hermanmiestetz numbered 300, those of the whole district aggregating 1,100.
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