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OETTINGEN (איטינגן)

Model OETTINGEN ( -1620) (Elia & Bunla {Simon, Hendla}) Sorle (Abraham)	Abraham ( -1637) Vögele TEOMIM (Samuel Phöbus {Moses Aron, Rivka} & Gertraut)	Elia, Hirz, Leib, Breindel, Gutrad, Samuel Phöbus, Binla, Model, Hilda Chana
	Simon	Model, Elia, Ephraim, Sprinzel, Henla
	David Tevele	Model (1623)
	Elia ( -1650) Hendlen	Aberle
	Lemel ( -1662) Bunlin STEPPACH (Josbel)	Moshe, Leib, Bunla
	Moshe
	Bunla ( -1626) Isaac SCHIF
	Henla ( -1633) Zalman HAAS ( -1632)	Feibish

Primary Sources

1. Saul Wahl, transcribed with annotations, in תולדות משפחות גינצבורג (Maggid, 1899, p. 251-275)
2. Ephraim Wallerstein in חן וכבוד (Chanoch Henoch ben Yehuda Leib, 1724, fol. 106)

Model of Oettingen, son of Elia¹ and Bunla² GÜNZBURG, married Sorle, daughter of Abraham, and had children: Abraham, Simon, Tevele, Elia, Lemel, Moshe, Bunla, and Henla. Model died around 1620 followed by Sorle in Frankfurt in 1636.

Abraham OETTINGEN "RIES", Hofjude (Court Jew) in Wien, married Vögele TEOMIM, daughter of Samuel Phöbus "Veit MUNK" and Gertraut, and had children: Elia, Hirz, Leib, Breindel, Gutrad, Samuel Phöbus, Binla, Model, and Hilda Chana. In 1630, at the Diet of Regensburg, he interceded with Emperor Ferdinand II and saved the Jewish community of Mantua. He died in Wien in 1637.

Elia OETTINGEN, Chief Rabbi of Wengrow, Poland, had children: Abraham, Fradel, unknown daughter, Miriam, and Henla. He was the author of the book Brit HaLevi, published in Lublin in 1645.

Abraham OETTINGEN lived in Wisnicz and was head of state in the district of Krakow. He had a son, Heshil.
Fradel OETTINGEN married Rabbi Saul WAHL of Brest, son of Meir son of Saul, and had children: Abraham (lived in Vitebsk), Meir (of Brest), and Samuel (who had a son Saul).
(daughter) OETTINGEN married Samuel ISSERLES of Lublin and had children: Rivka (wife of Matityahu of Brest) and Gruna (wife of Leib, son of Gaon Jakob, Av Beit Din of Nikolsberg).
Miriam OETTINGEN married Hirsh and had children: Serel (wife of Mordechai, son of Rabbi Elia, Av Beit Din of Bialy) and another daughter (wife of Zalman PLATIGEN of Zolkvi?).
Henla OETTINGEN married Samuel APTER? from Risha? and had a son, Meir.

Hirz OETTINGEN, doctor in Przemysl, Poland, had children: Abraham, Moses, Mordechai Model, Selig, Leib, and Sarel.

Abraham OETTINGEN "ARON"³, Court Jew of the Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg⁴, married Dina EPSTEIN^5,6, daughter of Salomon, and had children: Eliezer (1660), Fradel (1662), Edel (1665), Salomon (1668), Bela (1670), Rösl (1673), Feile, and Shmuel. In 1674, he became Primator der böhmischen Landesjudenschaft (leader of Bohemian Jewry outside of Prague). Using this position of authority, he persuaded Emperor Leopold I, in 1680, to cancel an order expelling Jews from Kuttenplan, and later secured the right for Jews to attend the Leipzig fairs. Beginning in 1681, he became embroiled in a series of complicated legal disputes with Elias Backoffen, another member of the Bohemian Jewish leadership, which lasted until 1701 (the "longest lawsuit in Jewish history"⁶). Dina died in 1697 followed by Abraham in 1702. (descendance from Horowitz family)

Eliezer OETTINGEN, Rabbi and Av Beit Din in Holleschau, married Libele MAYR, daughter of Josef and Edel, and had children: Josef, Leib, Resel, Rivka Sara, and (daughter). He died in 1709.⁹

Josef OETTINGEN wrote עדות ביוסף (Testimony of Josef), published in Sulzbach in 1741.
Leib OETTINGEN was Av Beit Din in Kalisz and son-in-law of Leizer Mendel PATGIRSH of Lwow.
Resel OETTINGEN married Leib WESEL of Eisenstadt, son of Salman, and had children: Jakob and Miriam (who married her father's brother Josef). Leib died in 1731 followed by Resel in 1760.
Rivka Sara OETTINGEN married her first cousin, Rabbi Salomon BONDI of Lichtenstadt, son of the below Eliezer and Fradel nee OETTINGEN, and had children: Abraham, Edel, Dina (1714), Leizer (1716), Rachel (1717), Isaac (1718), and Jonas (1720). Salomon died in 1745 followed by Rivka Sara in 1760.
(daughter) OETTINGEN married Tzvi Hersch NASCH of Nikolsburg, son of Jochanan. He died in 1741.

Fradel OETTINGEN married Eliezer "Lazarus" BONDI and had children: David, Salomon, and a daughter (wife of Hirsch BRIMAS, son of Moshe Kalman). Lazarus died in Lichtenstadt in 1686 followed by Fradel in 1742.
Edel OETTINGEN married David WIENER and had children: Salomon (son-in-law of Zalman ZAKTS of Prague) and a daughter (wife of Jakob DOSHNIT of Prague). Edel died in Prague in 1705.
Salomon OETTINGEN married Shifra SPIRA-WEDELES, daughter of Benjamin Wolf and Schewa, and had daughters: Bele, Jitl, Freudel, Rachel, and Schewa. He died in 1697.

Bele OETTINGEN married Isaak BONDI, son of Salomon and Cheile.
Jitl OETTINGEN married Rabbi Jakob REISCHER-BACKOFEN.
Freudel OETTINGEN married Lippmann TORNAU.
Rachel OETTINGEN married Aron RIEß.
Schewa "Schifra" OETTINGEN married Rabbi David OPPENHEIM.

Bela OETTINGEN married Efraim MODEL, son of Marx Model of Ansbach.
Rösl OETTINGEN married Jomtov BONDI, Rabbi in Proßnitz and senior judge and Rabbi of the High Synagogue in Prague, son of Salomon and Cheil, and had children: Kalman, Naftali Hirz, Abraham (1708), Moses, Eliezer, Hanka, Bella, Malka, Chayle, and Dina (1723). Jomtov died in 1729 followed by Rosl in 1749.
Feile OETTINGEN married Sinai NEUSTÄDTEL, son of Leib. Sinai died in Prague in 1713 followed by Feile in 1742.

Moses OETTINGEN was a doctor in Pinczow.
Model OETTINGEN was a Dayan (Jewish Judge) in Turobin and edited שאלות ותשובות (Responsa) of Josef Ibn Leb, publised in Fürth in 1692.
Selig OETTINGEN was a doctor in Slutsk.
Leib OETTINGEN was the son-in-law of Mordechai KAMENTZER? of Lublin.
Sarel OETTINGEN married Hirsh and had children: Abraham and Yechezkel.

Leib OETTINGEN married a daughter of Gaon Meir WAHL, Av Beit Din of Brest and son of Saul ("King for a Day"). He had a son, Meir, who was Av Beit Din in Rakow, and a son-in-law of Jakob Lemlish of Vilna.
Breindel OETTINGEN married Av Beit Din of Binshow, a grandson of Eizik Yeklish of Krakow, and had children: Aron (of Dubna), Salomon (of Vishnitza by Krakow), and Sarel (wife of Wolf ZOIZMER, Judge of Binshow, son of Nachum).
Gutrad OETTINGEN married Itzhak Leib MENLASH of Lublin and had children: Aberle (Chazan of Triptsch), Baruch (of Leipnik), Leib, Sarel (wife of Elia Mordechai Kopel of Krakow), and Brendel (wife of Iserl of Pshvarisk?).
Samuel Phöbus OETTINGEN died as a child in Wien.
Binla OETTINGEN died as a child in Wien in 1613.
Model OETTINGEN died as a child in Wien in 1622.
Hilda Chana OETTINGEN died as a child in Wien in 1632.
Model OETTINGEN died as a child in Wien in 1631.

Elia OETTINGEN "MODEL", married Hendlen, lived in Frankfurt, and had a son, Aberle. Elia died in Frankfurt in 1650.

Aberle OETTINGEN had children: Aron, Ella, and three other daughters.

Aron, a Rabbi, married Chava, daughter of Rabbi Aron TEOMIM of Worms, and had a son, Mordechai Kopel (lived in Krakow). After Chava died in 1686, Aron married her sister Bunle. Aron died in Frankfurt in 1733.

Simon OETTINGEN had children: Model, Elia, Ephraim, Sprinzel, and Henla.

Model OETTINGEN lived in Ansbach and had a son, Elia.
Elia OETTINGEN lived in Fürth and had children: Tevle and a daughter (wife of Lemil of Fürth).
Ephraim OETTINGEN lived in Wallerstein and had three sons, including Model, and a daughter, Sarla (wife of Eizik of Ansbach).
Sprintzel OETTINGEN married Anshel ANSBACH and had a son, Model.

Model "Marx Model" was a Court Jew of Ansbach and had a son, Ephraim (who married Bela OETTINGEN, daughter of Abraham and Dina (see above))

Henla OETTINGEN married Zelig of Wallerstein.

Moshe OETTINGEN lived in Metz and had a daughter (wife of Josel of Metz who had sons: Moshe (Av Beit Din of Kratschin) and Jakob).
David Tevele OETTINGEN had a son, Model (1623).

Model OETTINGEN "RIES" married Pessel MIRELS-NEUMARK (a great-great granddaughter of the Maharal of Prague) and had children: David Tevele, Abraham, Kopil, Hirsch, Elia, and Jacob. Model was a Rabbi in Schnaittach and then Wien, until the expulsion. Model then settled in Berlin, where he died in 1675.

David Tevele RIESS died as a child in Wien in 1658.
Elia WIENER-RIESS had sons, Moshe Natan and Isaac (c. 1680). Elia died in 1713.

Jacob Ries

Jacob RIESS was a Court Dwarf/Jester "Marshalik". He died in 1751.

Lemel OETTINGEN, the head of a hospital in Wien, married Bunlin STEPPACH, daughter of Josbel, and had children: Moshe, Leib, and Bunla. He died in Wien in 1662.

Moshe OETTINGEN was Av Beit Din in Zabriz near Lwow.
Leib OETTINGEN married a daughter of Feibish, scribe of Wien.
Bunla OETTINGEN married Isaac WINKLER, a doctor, son of Jehuda Löb, and had a son, Lemel. After the expulsion from Wien, Isaac settled in Przemysl.

Hanna OETTINGEN married Zalman HAAS, lived in Frankfurt, and had a son, Feibish (4th great grandfather of Issachar Ber ben Juda Lima "Carmoly"). Zalman died in Frankfurt in 1632 followed by Hanna in 1633.
Bunla OETTINGEN married Isaac SCHIF and died in Frankfurt in 1626.

Research Notes

1. Elia may have been the son of Abraham ha-Levi (son of Israel, son of Abraham) from Oettingen, who died in Wien in 1565. Wachstein, Bernhard. Die Inschriften des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien. Teil. 1540 - 1670. 1912. pp. 3-4 (online publication). The hypothesis in Wachstein that this Abraham is the father of Elia appears based primarily on four things: (1) Abraham's gravestone is close to Elia's in the Wien Jewish cemetery, (2) lists him as being from Oettingen, (3) a Levite, and (4) of the approximate right generation to be Elia's father. However, notably, there doesn't appear to be any clear evidence that Elia's father's name was Abraham.

2. According to the Wallerstein notes, Model was a grandson of Simon Günzburg. Based on naming patterns, the name can be presumed to be Buna: Model had two daughters, Henla, apparently named after Simon's wife Hendla, and Bunla. Furthermore, there is a gravestone inscription in Frankfurt of בונלה married to א׳ אטנגן. This conclusion is also reached by scholars David Kaufmann (in Mordechai Model Oettingen und seine Kind, p. 4) and Leopold Löwenstein (in Zur Geschichte der Juden in Fürth II Von Bezirksrabbiner, p. 133).

3. Also known as Abraham Lichtenstadt (based on his residence in the town of Lichtenstadt) or Abraham Aron (Aron being a surname adopted from his stepfather in Lichtenstadt, Jacob Aron, son of Lazarus Aron). Jakobovits, Tobias. "Wer ist Abraham Aron Lichtenstadt?" Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums. Vol. 74 (1930), Issue 1, pp. 35-41. (online publication)

4. Julius Franz, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, had acquired the Bohemian manor of Schlackenwerth (which included Lichtenstadt) in 1666 as a reward for its loyalty to the emperor during the Thirty Years' War.

5. Černá, Zlata. Textiles from Bohemian and Moravian Synagogues: From the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Jewish Museum in Prague: 2003. p. 87.

6. Veselská, Dana. Krajky ze sbirek Židovského muzea v Praze/Laces from the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Židovské muzeum: 2004. p. 25.

7. Putík, Alexandr. The Hebrew Inscription on the Crucifix at Charles Bridge in Prague: The Case of Elias Backoffen and Berl Tabor in the Appellation Court. Judaica Bohemiae. Vol. XXXII. 1996. p. 36.

8. Jakobovits, Tobias. "Die Verbindung der Prager Familien Oettingen-Spira(Wedeles)-Bondi". Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums, Vol. 76 (1932), Issue 5, pp. 511-519 (online publication)

9. Kaufmann. "Die Letzte Vertreibund der Juden aus Wien und Niederosterreich". 1889. p. 182-183

10. Maggid. "Toldot Mishpachot Ginzburg"