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The Jewish Community of Kornik

Kórnik

In German: Kurnik

A town in Poznan province, western Poland.

Documentary evidence points to the presence of Jews in the town from 1618. In 1687 and 1713 the great Poland council convened in Kornik. A privilege granted the local nobleman allowed the Jews permanent residence and the right to trade in cloth, livestock, etc. Against payment of special taxes.

Communal records, beginning from the early 18th century, existed until World War II and included the special statutes of the Jewish tailors' guild, which was founded in 1754 with 44 members and still had 51 members in 1853.

A small wooden synagogue was erected in 1736, and a larger one in 1767. According to the 1765 census there were 367 Jews in Kornik, some of whom owned houses outside the Jewish quarter. After the Prussian occupation a provincial assembly met in Kornik in 1817 with the aim of submitting to the government suggestions for improving the lot of Poznan Jewry. Among Kornik rabbis was Rabbi Israel Moses Aryeh Loeb who served since 1781. A schoolhouse was built in 1846. During the 1848 revolution the Jews were attacked by the rebels.

In 1808 the Jewish community numbered 566 (36% of the total population), increasing to 1,170 (43%) in 1840. Since then on their number continually diminished due to migration to larger cities, especially in Germany. In 1871 there were 399 Jews living in Kornik (15% of the total population of the city; in 1895, 220 (9%); in 1905, 111 (4.4%); in 1910, 92 (3.6%), and in 1921 there were 57 Jews in the city (2.6% of the total population).

Before the outbreak of World War II there were 36 Jews living in Kornik.

On December 12th 1939 they were transferred by the Germans to Lodz and Kalisz, where they shared the fate of the rest of the Jews then living in those cities.

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The Jewish Community of Kornik

Kórnik

In German: Kurnik

A town in Poznan province, western Poland.

Documentary evidence points to the presence of Jews in the town from 1618. In 1687 and 1713 the great Poland council convened in Kornik. A privilege granted the local nobleman allowed the Jews permanent residence and the right to trade in cloth, livestock, etc. Against payment of special taxes.

Communal records, beginning from the early 18th century, existed until World War II and included the special statutes of the Jewish tailors' guild, which was founded in 1754 with 44 members and still had 51 members in 1853.

A small wooden synagogue was erected in 1736, and a larger one in 1767. According to the 1765 census there were 367 Jews in Kornik, some of whom owned houses outside the Jewish quarter. After the Prussian occupation a provincial assembly met in Kornik in 1817 with the aim of submitting to the government suggestions for improving the lot of Poznan Jewry. Among Kornik rabbis was Rabbi Israel Moses Aryeh Loeb who served since 1781. A schoolhouse was built in 1846. During the 1848 revolution the Jews were attacked by the rebels.

In 1808 the Jewish community numbered 566 (36% of the total population), increasing to 1,170 (43%) in 1840. Since then on their number continually diminished due to migration to larger cities, especially in Germany. In 1871 there were 399 Jews living in Kornik (15% of the total population of the city; in 1895, 220 (9%); in 1905, 111 (4.4%); in 1910, 92 (3.6%), and in 1921 there were 57 Jews in the city (2.6% of the total population).

Before the outbreak of World War II there were 36 Jews living in Kornik.

On December 12th 1939 they were transferred by the Germans to Lodz and Kalisz, where they shared the fate of the rest of the Jews then living in those cities.

Written by researchers of ANU Museum of the Jewish People