I have three separate ancestral lines from Dettensee. I can trace all three to the 1700s. One line traces back to the Jewish community in Hürben, now Krumbach. I am currently particularly interested in the Hirsch family and establishing that I am related to that large Dettensee family.
I would like to thank Herbert Zander for providing me with a great deal of information about my ancestors in Dettensee. His help has been invaluable.
Please note that the trees only include a few generations in order to protect the privacy of the living.
Rachel Hirsch, daughter of Jacob Hirsch married Samuel Pressburger of Rexingen. I have no information about Rachel's mother, nor any of her siblings. There are other families in Dettensee who are descended from a Jacob Hirsch around that time, but I have no proof that the families are related.
Hajum Tannhauser came from Hürben, now Krumbach, Schwaben, Bayern. His father was Leopold Seligman of Hürben. Hajum's descendants lived in Dettensee. I have no proven a connection with the Thanhauser family of Hürben, but a connection is likely.
Several people from Dettensee, including my ancestors, married into families from the nearby towns of Rexingen and Hechingen.
I am related to many members of the following Dettensee families, although none of my ancestors were from the those families: Augsburger, Epstein, Hirsch, Rosenheimer, and Stern.
Area around Dettensee This map was created using Shtetl Seeker a service of Jewish Gen.
Small map showing relationship between Horb, Rexingen, Dettensee, and Nordstetten (32k)
Large map showing Hechingen, Horb, Haigerloch, Baisingen, and Tuebingen (228k)
http://www.dettensee.net (Webpage about the town of Dettensee by Frank Zander, one of the town's current residents; includes pictures and a page about the Jews of the community)
Pinkas Hakehillot: Germany: Wuerttemberg, Hohenzollern, Baden edited by Joseph Walk. Published in 1986 by Yad Vashem. 549 pages. (This book is an encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany. It is one volume of a larger set.) This book is entirely in Hebrew, but it has an English Table of Contents. It is available through Yad Vashem. The community of Dettensee is discussed on pages 170-71.
There is a forthcoming book that documents the Jewish cemetery. At this time, the publication date for the book is unknown. Another book will be published about the community in Dettensee to coincide with 1200th anniversary in 2016.
If you have any information about the jewish community in this town or have ancestors with the same surname, please contact me.
