Researched and compiled by 

Vanessa Gerlich and Maximilian Grimm

Free translation by Susanne Eisen

 THE STORY OF THE HAUS AT KIRCHENSTRASSE 11

Kirchenstrasse 11 today (with gabel facing the street)

Kirchenstrasse 11 about 1900. House Nr.11, gutter side of roof facing the street
© Foto-Braun, Gunzenhausen

THE HISTORY OF THE MAX NEUBURGER FAMILY.

Max Neuburger was born in Thalmaessing on June 4, 1858. His parents were Josef Veis Neuburger and Maria born Suess of Regensburg. In 1888 the City of Gunzenhausen granted him citizenship, which meant that he had to have been a resident for a number of years already. But in that year he married Fanny Rosenfelder of Gunzenhausen.

Her parents, the merchant Abraham Loew Rosenfelder and wife Maria owned the house at Kirchenstrasse 11. They bequeathed it to their daughter and her husband Max Neu who was a leather merchant. The young couple became parents of a daughter:

Amalie Neuburger, born July 25, 1893 
in Gunzenhausen.                            

She married Simon Bauer of Erlangen in 1922. That same year the parents sold the house to the Lauchheimer family, and moved in with their daughter in Erlangen.

THE HISTORY OF THE LAUCHHEIMER FAMILY.

The merchant Samuel Lauchheimer born Jan.13, 1846 in Schopfloch was married to Sarah Jandorf, born 1850 in Hengstfeld. Samuel Lauchheimer was town councilor in Schopfloch. In 1870/71 as a participant in the German-French war he took part in the siege and invasion of Paris. In 1922 he moved to Gunzenhausen with his family and purchased the house Kirchenstrasse 11.

Children:

THE HISTORY OF MORITZ LAUCHHEIMER.

Moritz Lauchheimer was born Dec. 29, 1890 in Schopfloch. He was trained to become a taylor On Dec. 23, 1924 he moved in with his parents in Gunzenhausen. But 5 years later on Nov. 19, 1929 he moved to Holland. On Jan. 8, 1935 he returned via Schenkelingsfeld. From Jan. 25 to Nov 1, 1935 they lived in Neustadt a. d. Saale On  Dec 10, 1938 he registered his departure for Augsburg. From there he was deported to Riga and lost his life there on Nov 13, 1941

Astrid Seidl is the granddaughter of                        Ludwig Ordenstein and a descendant of Ida Lauchheimer. She wrote to us: Dear Students,  have found the birth place of Moritz Lauchheimer.  See in http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/ 5960/Augnames4.html

As far as I know Schopfloch is part of the Israeli Congregation of Nuremberg (Schuricht<schuricht.ikg@ah-heim.de).My father’s grandmother was Ida Lauchheimer who married Josef Ordenstein. There is a possibility that Moritz Lauchheimer was her brother. If you should happen to have any documents regarding the Lauchheimer family I would be delighted, if you would let me know where they are.  

Sincerely, 

Astrid Seidl

We received two more internet addresses from Mrs. Seidl:

In www.jewishgen.org Relatives of refuges can be located. They also list a number of family trees.

In www.claimscon.org/index.asp?ur=abou us there are many listings of documents of persons and family connections, plus records relating to insurances and assets, if still in existence.

On February 6, 2004 she also sent us this e-mail:

 Dear Students,

Attached (included) is information from Dr.Heusler of the archives of the public records of the City of Munich. Some records of assorted Lauchheimers are also available at the state archives in Munich .I also found the registration file of Ida Lauchheimer (but not my great grandmother) at the Federal Department of Revenue in Nuremburg). The Central Society of Israeli Congregations in Munich may also have files, such as birth and marriage registrations.

Mr. Karl-Heinz Ruess (in the Administration of the City of Goeppingen)  has done some research into the Lauchheimer family and has published a booklet. Mailing address:

Stadtverwaltung Goeppingen, 
P0 Box 11 49
73011 Goeppingen
Germany

I have not been to the police archives in Munich yet, they may have some useful information, also possibly the “Israelische Kultusgemeinde” in Nuremberg., which Schopfloch appears to have been part of. I have received some documents (copies) of gravesites and disbursements of funds from them. It would mean a lot to me to find any siblings of my great grandmother Ida Lauchheimer, who was married to Josef Ordenstein, and their descendants.

 I hope I have been of some help to you and wish you much success with your project.   

Astrid Seidl

Up to now we have not found any connection between the Lauchheimer family from Schopfloch and the ancestors of Astrid Seidl from Jebenhausen. We will continue to search.

We found the booklet bei Karl-Heinz Ruess very interesting:

 ”Spuren schreiben Vergangenheit” 

(“the tracks on the trail describe the past” freely translated).

A descendant of the last Lauchheimer  family from Jebenhausen, Inge Auerbacher wrote the book   “Ich bin ein Stern”  In it she describes the dramatic  time she spent in the concentration camp Theresienstadt, which she and her parents survived. Unfortunately we have not found any further descendants of the family.

Christina Alscher und Corinna Huber

THE HISTORY OF THE ROSENBACH FAMILY.

The merchant Philipp Heymann Rosenbach was born 1779. He married Adelheid,  born Meier, born Oct 13, 1793. They acquired the upper half of Kirchenstrasse 11 in Gunzenhausen in 1813.

Their children were:

Children of Moritz and Isabella were:

In 1903 the two brothers founded a widely known Antique dealership in Philadelphia. This accumulation/collection of items  inspired  the creation of the Rosenbach Museum  and Rosenbach Library (see below).

Since the end of the 19th Century nobody from the Rosenbach family has lived in Gunzenhausen anymore.

The Rosenbach museum in Philadelphia still exists. In the internet 

http://www.rosenbach.org/information/about.html  

I found the following information:

ROSENBACH MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA.

Our Mission:

The museum and library Rosenbach try to stimulate the curiosity,   creativity, and quest for knowledge in the wide variety of visitors by providing exhibits, presentation programs, and research opportunities made possible by  their extensive collections.

 About the  Museum and Library Rosenbach:

The museum and library Rosenbach were originally the house belonging to the two brothers, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf) and Philipp Rosenbach. A.S.W.Rosenbach was a legendary collector of  and dealer in rare books and manuscripts, whereas his brother specialized in the fine arts and decorative art. Founded in 1954 to hold the private collections of the brothers and the antique dealership archives the Rosenbach holdings grew considerably. The Rosenbaum museum is meant to be a cultural institution, but is used predominantly as a research center. It holds one of the largest collections of rare books and manuscripts in the country, as well as a beautiful historic city (town) home that is filled with pictures, fine art and antiques.

• For example manuscripts of outstanding literary works by authors such as James Joyce’s “Ulysses”, Charles Dickens’s “Pickwick Papers”, and Joseph Conrad’s “Lord Jim”.
• British and American furnishings of the 18th and 19th centuries. 
• A collection of scripts by important authors, including Hermann Melville’s bookcase and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s original copy of  Melville’s “Moby Dick”.

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