OAJA Acts

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1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 18, 1733
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Mandate on the trade of goods outside the annual market.
3. Geography of Act
Free Imperial City of Hamburg
4. Text of Act

All citizens and residents of this city,… in particular … Jews, are hereby strictly prohibited from selling any of the above-mentioned goods of wool, silk, linen, lace, stockings, walking sticks and anything else that belongs to the merchant's office, in the streets outside of the public annual market, or from going to sell them in inns, pubs and coffee houses, or from displaying them in stalls or elsewhere, and selling them by the yard and weight.
5. Source
“Sammlung der von Einem Hochedlen Rathe der Stadt Hamburg so wol zur Handhabung der Gesetze und Verfassungen als bey besonderen Eräugnissen ... welcher die Verfugungen von 1731 bis 1750 [Collection of the Regulations issued by a High Noble Council of the City of Hamburg for the Administration of Laws and Constitutions as well as for Special Events ... which contain the Regulations from 1731 to 1750,]” Volume 3, J. C. Piscator, Hamburg, 1764, p. 1221, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2025
8. Notes
Translator
The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.
1. Full Date of Act
Jan. 29, 1734
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by the Danish Chancellery
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

Jews living in Fredericia, as well as others living in the parish, shall pay priest-money to the parish priest.
5. Source
Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 88.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 6, 1734
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by the Danish Chancellery to the Magistrate at Copenhagen
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

If any Jew, either chasing after a Christian woman or actually lying with her, shall be discovered, the guilty Jew shall be punished, as required by law; however, the King himself reserves the right to issue a punishment befitting the particulars of the case.
5. Source
Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 113.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 16, 1734
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Order, issued by the Danish Chancellery to the Town Councils of Denmark and Norway
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark, Norway
4. Text of Act

Concerning the prohibition of March 23, 1725, against Christian women under 50 years being servants to Jews: this prohibition is abolished; however, the Jews, under harshest punishment, must not persuade any Christians in their service of their Jewish beliefs, nor keep them from going to church, nor compel Christian servants to do any other work on sabbaths and feast days than on the other days, nor serve in their [Jewish] ceremonies; moreover, on their Day of Atonement, and when they keep Passover, they shall give a food allowance to their Christian servants, so that they should neither fast nor be kept from sour bread and beer. As this order is strict and must be fulfilled in every way, all the Christian servants who are now or hereafter in the service of any Jews must be properly rostered. To that end, the elders of the Jewish nation shall report, every Michaelmas and Easter, to the magistrate, the chief of police, and the priest in whose parish the Jew lives, the number of Christian servants among the Jews, as well as their names, and whom they serve.
5. Source
Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 112.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
In Western Christianity, Michaelmas falls on September 29.
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 19, 1734
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Resolution” of the Government of the Electorate of Saxony
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Electorate of Saxony
4. Text of Act

[… Jews} shall not desecrate the Sunday,* nor shall he (they) move/inspire others to do so. […]
5. Source
D. Johann Nicolaus Schwarzens, Rechtskonsulentens zu Dresden, Wörterbuch, über die Chursächsischen, auch Ober- und Nieder-Lausitzischen Gesetze, bus zum Jahre 1792. Erster Theil. Von A bis D. (“D. Johann Nicolaus Schwarzen’s legal-counsel to Dresden, Dictionary regarding the laws of the Electorate of Saxony as well as Upper and Lower-Lusatia until the year 1792. First Section.”); (Dresden; 1792);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
Researcher
“Desecrating Sundays” often referred to disrespecting local mores by working or pursuing certain prohibited activities during Sundays and Holy-days.
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 30, 1735
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Chamber-Ordinance regarding the prevention of toll-fraud committed by Jews” issued by the Royal Prussian War and Dominion Chamber of Kurmark
3. Geography of Act
Margraviate of Brandenburg
4. Text of Act

[…] since it has been noticed by the toll-offices that some passing Jews pretend to be aids and servants of the sons of protected Jews […] we have deemed it necessary to order that all Jews are henceforth to take (apply and receive) a permit from their respective local authorities and provide this to the toll-authorities as proof that his son, servant and aid are exempt from the body-toll […] but otherwise, they are to pay a body-toll […]
5. Source
Des Corporis Constitvtionvm Marchicarvm. Vierdter Theil. Von Zoll- Jagd- Holz- Forst- Wald- Post- Vorspann- Müntz- Salz- Salpeter- und Bergwercks- auch Domänen Pacht- und anderen Aemter- Damm- und Teich-Sachen, Accis-Wesen, Bier- und Mahl-Ziese oder Scheffelsteuer, Kriegs und Mahl-Metze, auch Mühlen- und Brau-Sachen, Marinen- oder Chargen- und Recrüten-Caffe, Stempel-Papier, gestempelten carten u. In fünff Abtheilungen. Kaiserlich königliche Hofbibliothek. (“The constitution of the margraviate. Fourth division. Regarding domains pertaining to tolls/customs, hunting, wood, forest, post, leasing, mint, salt, salpeter, and mining and other offices such as dam and pond matters, as well as milling and brewing, marine, charging and recruiting cafes, stamp-paper, and stamped cards etc. In five divisions. Royal Imperial Court Library.”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 24, 1735
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance” issued by the Pomeranian government*
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany, Poland
4. Text of Act

The magistrates must see to it that those Jewish-children, whose parent’s privilege does not cover them, are not permitted to get married.
5. Source
David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.); (Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
*Signed in Stattin by von Dreger and von Laurens.
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 25, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance” issued by Reinhardt Dieckhoff Thile Neuendorff on half of Fredrick William I of Prussia
3. Geography of Act
Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act

[…] It has already been ordered on August 30 that all protected-Jews in the cities […] are to carry with them a certificate/proof from their local authorities when they are traveling to prove that they are protected-Jews or children or servants [of a protected Jew …]; however, since it has come to our attention that this is not heeded, which is why we wish that it’d be made known to protected-Jews […] that should they henceforth not be able to produce a certificate/proof [at the toll-crossing] that they are to be regarded as foreigners and required to pay a body-tax.
5. Source
Des Corporis Constitutionum Marchicarum, Fünffter Theil. Von Polizey-Hochzeit-Kindtauffen-Begräbniß und Trauer- Kleider- auch Feuer-Gassen und anderen zur Polizei gehörigen Ordnungen, deren Städte Anbau, Manufacturen- Commercien- Woll- und Handwercks-Sachen, Dorff- und Acker- Bauer- Schäffer- Hirten- Gesinde-Ordnungen, und andren das Land-Wesen und Acker-Bau betreffenden Materien, item von Medicinal-Ordnungen, Chirurgis, Apotheckern, Pest-Anstalten, Vieh-Sterben. Scharffrichtern, Abdeckern, Schweinschneidern, Landstreichern, Zigeunern, Juden, Wirths-Häusern, und dergleichen. In Fünff Abtheilungen. (“Regarding the constitution of margraviate. Fifth part. Pertaining to police, marriage, baptism, funeral, mourning, clothing as well as fire-alley and other police ordinances, of city planning/building, manufacturing, commerce, wool, and other craftsmanships, village, farm and famers and shepherds, herdsmen, servant ordinances, and other matters pertaining to land-ownership and farming, as well as medical ordinances, surgery, apothecary, plague-institutions, and dying of cattle. Executioners/slaughterers. skinners, pork-cutters, tramps, gypsies, Jews, Inns/Taverns and the like. In five divisions.”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
Researcher
This document was signed in Berlin.
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 5, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Order” issued by the government of the Prince-Bishopric and addressed to the officers
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
4. Text of Act

[…] It shall not be permitted for Christians to live together with Jews in the same house.
5. Source
Wirzburgische Chronik derer lezteren Zeiten von P. Ignacio Gropp. (Wirzburg; 1750); (Chronicle of Würzburg’s past by P. Ignacio Gropp.); (Würzburg; 1750);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jun. 21, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Whereas We have decided with God, in fatherly care of the land, to establish a jail- and work-house in Our City of Ludwigsburg, for the necessary nourishment of the truly and pious poor, but for the punishment of intentional and godless beggars, […] We have resolved that to this end, the following taxes should be assessed: […] 2. When a man is admitted as a burgher, he shall pay 1 guilder; a new burgheress, 30 kreuzers. 3. Any Jews who travel through the land after paying their protection tax, shall pay, in addition to the protection tax, another two kreuzers per person; those Jews tolerated within the country, namely the privileged Jews in Ludwigsburg, Gochsheim and Freudenthal, shall make an annual payment of two guilders to their local official, in support of this jail-house.
5. Source
Reyscher, August Ludwig (ed.). Vollständige, historisch und kritisch bearbeitete Sammlung der württembergischen Gesetze (Complete, Historically and Critically Edited Collection of Württemberg Laws). Vol. 17. Fues: Tübingen, 1839. Page 458.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 10, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Upper/Higher-Post-Office-Ordinance” (‘Oberpostamtsverordnung’) issued by the Highest Postal-Office
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] Jews are not to be permitted to pass through a [guard-]post without a sufficient certificate/receipt that shows that the common custom[-tolls] have been submitted.
5. Source
Chronologisches Register über den ganzen Augustäischen Coder und dessen Fortsetzung. (Chronological register of the entire Augustian Codex and its continuation); (Leipzig; 1778);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 17, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by Christian VI, King of Denmark and Norway, for the Magistrate and Police Chief of Copenhagen
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

It is ordered that henceforth, every Jew who arrives and is about to settle down in Copenhagen shall be liable, unless he is there on orders to live as a rabbi, to pay 100 imperial thalers to the police department.
5. Source
Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836) Forfatterens: Odense, 1837. Page 21.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Sep. 11, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree restricting the residence of Jews.
3. Geography of Act
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
4. Text of Act

It is our order that … all those Jews who have not been protected by any of the imperial estates, especially foreign beggars and famous Jews who have been coming here and there for some time and who are not provided with authentic passports, should not be tolerated, but should be expelled …, and that no one should allow such unfortunate Jews any residence or issue them a passport.
5. Source
“Sammlung der Hochfürstlich-Speierischen Gesetze und Landesverordnungen vom Jahr 1719 bis 1743 [Collection of the High Princely Speyer Laws and State Ordinances from 1719 to 1743],” Part 2, Bevern, 1788, p. 161, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2024
8. Notes
Translator
The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 28, 1736
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
General Rescript concerning the residence of Jews in the country.
3. Geography of Act
Duchy of Württemberg
4. Text of Act

The Privy Councillor for Finance, is given the authority to allow individual Jewish families to reside in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg under his supervision; other Jews who do not have special permission are prohibited from traveling in the country.
5. Source
A. L. Reyscher (ed.), “Vollständige, Historisch und Kritisch Bearbeitete Sammlung der Württembergischen Gesetze [Complete, Historically and Critically Edited Collection of Württemberg Laws],” Volume 14, Tübingen, 1843, p. 197, available online from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2025
8. Notes
Translator
The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.
1. Full Date of Act
Jan. 3, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Renewed Edict regarding the stopping/turning away of foreign beggar-Jews” issued by Fredrick William I of Prussia
3. Geography of Act
Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act

[…] We, Fredrick William, King of Prussia by the grace of God, Margrave of Brandenburg, […] announce herewith […] to all of our prelates, dukes, lords, those of the knighthood, […] the magistrate in the cities […] all of our subjects in the Electorate of Brandenburg that even though a number of pervious edicts — including the most recent one from November 13, 1719 — which strictly and with emphasis prohibited foreign beggar-Jews from entering into our lands […] all sorts of foreign Jewish folk of both sexes still roam around in our lands […]. And since it is our intention to keep such unprotected Jews from our lands, that is why we wish to reissue our previous edicts, especially that of November 13, 1719 […]. Furthermore, we have deemed it necessary to order that henceforth, no foreign Jew with a passport or local Jew or their servants may travel from one place to another on foot and use side-streets or [otherwise] receive the common punishment. They are to keep to the regular mail routes and where there is no mail-route, they are to use a wagon or a horse — no matter whether their destination may be far or near. […] Local Jews who wish to travel for the purpose of conducting business are to report to the local authorities the day of their departure, the duration, and the purpose of their travel […]
5. Source
Center for Jewish History; Decree Collection; www.cjh.org; Accessed Online.
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 14, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Brokerage Regulations ruling that brokers should not use their sons and boys to help them; posted on the stock exchange with the approval of His Most Noble Councilor.
3. Geography of Act
Free Imperial City of Hamburg
4. Text of Act

All and every broker is hereby once again ordered to completely refrain from employing their sons, boys, and other assistants during exchange hours from 11 AM to 2 PM, under penalty of a significant fine, suspension, or, depending on the circumstances, removal from the broker profession.
Furthermore, these assistants and helpers, particularly the frequently present Jewish boys, are strictly ordered under severe penalties not to be present at the exchange from 11 AM to 2 PM under any pretext whatsoever. In case of violation, not only will their persons be subject to arrest, but other strict punishments will also be unavoidably enforced against them.
5. Source
“Sammlung der von Einem Hochedlen Rathe der Stadt Hamburg so wol zur Handhabung der Gesetze und Verfassungen als bey besonderen Eräugnissen ... welcher die Verfugungen von 1731 bis 1750 [Collection of the Regulations issued by a High Noble Council of the City of Hamburg for the Administration of Laws and Constitutions as well as for Special Events ... which contain the Regulations from 1731 to 1750,]” Volume 3, J. C. Piscator, Hamburg, 1764, p. 1284, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2025
8. Notes
Translator
The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 29, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Renewed Coin Edict regarding the infamous/recalled [kinds of] currencies and their exchange from March 29 - April 6, 1737”
3. Geography of Act
Electorate of Hannover
4. Text of Act

We, Georg, the other, King of Great Britain by the grace of God, announce herewith to be known to everyone […] 8) And that the Jews shall refrain altogether from exchanging and hauling away (‘Ausschleppung’) of good money/coins for the purpose of [making] a despicable profit: therefore, they (Jews) are reminded that they are not to exchange or split our good coins/money if they care to keep their escort-letters which they have received from Us. Those who disobey this order are not only themselves guilty, but their wives, children are to lose their protection[-permit] immediately as well and leave the land […] within 14 days from the time they were found to have engaged in such unlawful exchange […].
5. Source
Corpus Privilegiorum et constitutionum Terrae Hadeleriae oder Sammlung der für das Land Hadeln erteilten und ergangenen Privilegien, Verordnungen und Anschreiben. Herausgegeben von Ernst Spangenberg, Dr. beider Rechte und königl. Großbritannisch-Hannoverschem Hof- und Canzley-Rathe in der Justiz-Canzley zu Zelle. (Hannover, 1823); (Collection of Privileges and constitution of the Territory of Hadeln” [Latin] or Collection of Privileges, ordinances, and addressed letters/writs issued for the territory of Hadeln. (Compiled and) issued by Ernest Spangenberg, PhD. in both laws pertaining to the royal Great-British-Hanoverian [Royal Court and Counsel in the Justice-Chancellery of Zelle].); (Hanover, 1823)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2019
8. Notes
Researcher
This long edict is a general edict that is addressed to all locals. The above text pertains specifically to Jews.
1. Full Date of Act
Apr. 2, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Royal Rescript” (‘königl. Rescriptum’) issued by Frederick William I and addressed to the Pomeranian War- and Domain-Chamber
3. Geography of Act
Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act

In cities, in which there are Christian butchers, no Jews may be permitted to slaughter [animals], but rather, they must obediently adhere to the General-Jewish-Privilege (‘General-Juden-Privilegio’); Christian-butchers, however, shall permit Jews, as often as they request it, to have the cut* done by the Jewish-butcher and to come to an agreement with them before the purchase.
5. Source
David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.);(Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
*This refers to a Jewish kosher ritual, where the slaughter of an animal must be carried out with a single cut to the throat.
1. Full Date of Act
Apr. 24, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Berlin: Friedrich Wilhelm – Edict to prohibit Jews from manufacturing woolen goods/ commodities in Berlin and forbid them to trade with wool
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

... numerous German and French manufacturers of the local area politely complained that despite their tireless effort and all amounts they had expended in order to make the domestic wool manufactories the of best of the nation as they sold their goods with great success inside and outside the country – thus providing for thousands of people – the wool manufacturers had to endure spoilage and industrial ruin for some time because Jews had started to interfere in their business by producing woolen goods, luring weavers and employed workers away by using vicious means and tricking them into cheap labor in a highly dubious manner. ... More precisely, Jews should be prohibited from trading in any kind of wool at all times and more importantly they should be prohibited from producing goods. ... Berlin, April 24, 1737 Friedrich Wilhelm
5. Source
Decrees Collection, AR 379, Leo Baeck Institute Archive, New York. Researched/Received Translation from Leo Baeck Institute 1/7/2015
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 17, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“General Ordinance” of the Pomeranian Chamber
3. Geography of Act
Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act

[…] all Jews are prohibited from engaging in any kind of wool production […] and shall be punished with three years of hard-labor (‘Festungsarbeit’)* and expulsion from the land with wife and child. […]
5. Source
Zeitschrift des königlich preussischen statistischen Landesamts, Vol. 3; (Berlin, 1863); (Journal/Newspaper of the Royal Prussian Statistical State Office; Vol. 3); (Berlin; 1863)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
A similar ordinance was issued earlier on April 24, 1737, affecting the Jews of Berlin while this ordinance's prohibition was expanded to encompass all Jews in Prussia.
1. Full Date of Act
May 24, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Rescript, issued by the Danish Chancellery to the Copenhagen Chief of Police
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act

Regarding the Jews, who shall not build any synagogue in Copenhagen, except in the distant future, and who have hitherto been at liberty to hold their worship in all silence in certain rooms furnished in a different, ordinary building inhabited by themselves or others: for their presumptuous self-righteousness, they shall pay to the Church of Our Savior 800 imperial thalers -- since they did, without permission, start to build a synagogue in Copenhagen.
5. Source
Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 171.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
The first actual synagogue in Copenhagen would not be inaugurated until 1833.
1. Full Date of Act
Jun. 14, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Mandate restricting access to the city due to outbreak of disease in Poland and surrounding areas.
3. Geography of Act
Free Imperial City of Hamburg
4. Text of Act

All guards, gate clerks and supervisors at the gates, harbors and land defenses of this city,… [are] to take care to ensure that no beggars, and especially no begging Jews, whether with or without passports, sneak into the city … were [they] to enter the city or on the Samburger Mountain, or elsewhere in our lands,… they are to be arrested immediately, severely punished physically, and made to do hard labor in prison.
5. Source
“Sammlung der von Einem Hochedlen Rathe der Stadt Hamburg so wol zur Handhabung der Gesetze und Verfassungen als bey besonderen Eräugnissen ... welcher die Verfugungen von 1731 bis 1750 [Collection of the Regulations issued by a High Noble Council of the City of Hamburg for the Administration of Laws and Constitutions as well as for Special Events ... which contain the Regulations from 1731 to 1750,]” Volume 3, J. C. Piscator, Hamburg, 1764, p. 1297, available from archive.org.
6. Researcher
Kate Wraith
7. Year of Research
2025
8. Notes
Translator
The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.
1. Full Date of Act
Jul. 4, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Patent” issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act

[…] Jews are strictly prohibited from peddling in (Upper and Lower) Austria, including during the time of the annual markets. […]
5. Source
Systematische Darstellung aller über den Hausir-Handel bestehenden kaiserl. Königl. österreichischen Gesetze und Verordnungen verfaßt on Friedrich Selner (“Systematic Representation of all Imperial Royal Austrian Laws and Ordinances regarding Peddling written/compiled by Friedrich Selner”; (1847)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jul. 19, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Resolution, Regarding the Permission for Jews in Elmshorn to Peddle in the Duchy of Rantzau and Dominion of Pinneberg” issued by King Christian VI
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany, Denmark
4. Text of Act

[…] We […] have decided under these […] circumstances, and according to our kingly grace, that suppliers with provisions and the production of the necessary certificates – [showing] that they are indeed protected Jews who reside in Elmshorn, are permitted to peddle and partially sell their items there as well as on the countryside and in Our Duchy Ranzau and Our Dominion (‘Herrschaft’) Pinneberg; however, not outside of these areas [mentioned here]. […]
5. Source
Kirschninck: Harald: Die Geschichte der Juden in Elmshorn 1685-1918; Band 1; (Elmshorn; 2005); (“Kirschninck, Harald: The History of Jews in Elmshorn 1685-1918, Vol. 1”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jul. 27, 1737
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Edict, issued by Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

1. When a Jew arrives at a city gate to attend one of the local fairs, he shall present the gate-clerk with a written attestation of his unblemished conduct, and pay four thalers for his entry-note. 2. If the Jew is a seller of goods, he shall take his goods to the royal freight house and correctly state the value of his wares. 3. A Jew carrying goods of at least four hundred thalers may bring with him one servant, whereas goods of at least eight hundred thalers will qualify the Jew to a second servant, with an entry fee of two thalers due for each servant. 4. Any other Jew, who is neither seller nor buyer, shall also have to pay an entry fee of four thalers.
5. Source
“Fürstliches Edict, was die auf die hiesigen zween grosse Kayserl. freye Jahr-Märckte oder Messen, handelnde Juden, entrichten…[Royal Edict, regarding payments to be made by Jews trading at the two major Imperial markets or fairs…],” 7/27/1737 Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 88; Leo Baeck Institute.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2019
8. Notes
None