49°45' / 08°07' Translation from Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah
Translation from Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah Published by Yad
Vashem Published in Jerusalem, 1992 Published in Jerusalem, 1992
Project Coordinator and Translator Our sincere appreciation to
Yad Vashem for permission This is a translation from: Pinkas
Hakehillot: Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities, Germany Volume
3, pages 72-76, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1992
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the accuracy of statements or alter facts cited. (And in Jewish
sources: Alza, Alziya, Alz) From the history of the town Alzey
on the river Selz became officially a town in 1277. Its rulers
were the counts of Pfal