Oct. 17, 1780

“Order” of Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal [Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg]: “[…] the wealth/assets of a protected Jew shall be [no less than] 4000 fl. Rh. [Gulden Reichsthaler] in [the city of] Bamberg and 1,500 fl. Rh [on the countryside …].”
Geschichte der Juden im ehemaligen Fürstbistum Bamberg, bearbeitet auf Grund von Archivalien, nebst urkundlichen Beilagen, von Dr. A. Eckenstein. Districktsrabbiner. (History of the Jews in the Former Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, edited by A[dolf] Eckenstein, PhD, District-Rabbi); (Bamberg); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 12/29/2019