Heilprin ( Hebrew : היילפרין ) is a Jewish surname with many variants.
53-524: Halpern is a variation of the Jewish surname Heilprin and may refer to: Baruch Halpern , professor of Jewish studies Benjamin Halpern , American marine biologist and ecologist Carolyn Halpern , American psychologist Charles Halpern , lawyer Charna Halpern (born 1952), American comedian and co–founder of ImprovOlympic Cheryl Halpern , chair of
106-517: A "red hot spot" ; numerous worker and sports clubs were begun. Already prior to World War I the SPD cornered the majority of the vote and stayed that course during the Weimar Republic . At his visit to the city on May 15, 1926, Hitler was clearly not welcome by everyone, and several people were injured when a man was mistaken for Hitler and attacked. Hitler himself was able to give his speech in
159-618: A connection to the power plant in Lauffen; thus Heilbronn became the first city in the world to enjoy long-distance electric power. With the dissolution of monarchy in the German Reich as a result of World War I, Heilbronn became part of the Free People's State of Württemberg in 1918. After almost a century of economic boom and growth of the local industry Heilbronn's citizenry included many labourers. The city came to be known as
212-627: A fact that became front-page news during the missile accident on January 11, 1985. After the INF Treaty was signed in 1987, the missiles were removed. In the 1980s, Heilbronn hosted Heimatttage and Landesgartenschau staged by the State of Baden-Württemberg. In 1998, Heilbronn was connected to the S-Bahn net with Karlsruhe. This further transformed the city centre, and an extension of the S-Bahn towards Öhringen opened on December 10, 2005, marking
265-463: A landmark Canadian legal case which legalized same–sex marriage Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson , a 1983 TV movie Halperin (surname) All pages with titles beginning with Halpern All pages with titles containing Halpern [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Halpern . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
318-569: A regal advocate to rule the city. In addition to the advocate he put a council in place that was headed up by a mayor. Around 1300, the first city hall was erected in the market place and the Kilianskirche (built on the foundation of the Michaelsbasilica) was expanded. The Neckar privilege gave the city the right to modify the flow of the river in 1333, which meant it now had the right to construct dams, harbors and mills. Because of
371-561: A regional economic centre. Heilbronn shares a border with the following cities and towns, all part of Heilbronn County and listed here clockwise from the North: Bad Wimpfen , Neckarsulm , Erlenbach , Weinsberg , Lehrensteinsfeld , Untergruppenbach , Flein , Talheim , Lauffen am Neckar , Nordheim , Leingarten , Schwaigern , Massenbachhausen and Bad Rappenau . The city is divided into nine boroughs : The oldest traces of humans in and around Heilbronn date back to
424-650: A while Heilbronn suffered from the upheavals of the Baden Revolution that its civil guard participated in. During that time the 8th infantry regiment switched sides and joined the revolutionaries until it was subsequently disarmed and force-transferred out of the area. In 1849, the Hoerner Bank , one of the oldest still functioning banks in Germany , was founded in Heilbronn. Heilbronn became part of
477-718: Is nicknamed Käthchenstadt , after Heinrich von Kleist 's Das Käthchen von Heilbronn . Heilbronn is located in the northern corner of the Neckar basin at the bottom of the Wartberg (308 m). It occupies both banks of the Neckar, and the highest spot inside city limits is the Schweinsberg with a height of 372 meters. Heilbronn is adjacent to the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park and
530-567: Is now known as the Dachstein hiking disaster . The opening of the Autobahn A 6 from Heilbronn to Mannheim in 1968 was an important economic event. When the A 81 to Würzburg and the A 6 to Nuremberg was completed in 1974 and 1979, respectively, Heilbronn became an important logistical centre in southern Germany. As a result, many large companies opened offices in Heilbronn. When Klingenberg became part of Heilbronn on January 1, 1970,
583-878: Is surrounded by vineyards. Heilbronn and its surroundings are located in the northern part of the larger Stuttgart metropolitan area. The city is the economic center of the Heilbronn-Franken region and is one of fourteen such cities in the Baden-Württemberg master plan of 2002. It also serves Abstatt , Bad Rappenau , Bad Wimpfen , Beilstein , Brackenheim , Cleebronn , Eberstatt , Ellhofen , Eppingen , Flein , Gemmingen , Güglingen , Ilsfeld , Ittlingen , Kirchardt , Lauffen am Neckar , Lehrensteinsfeld , Leingarten , Löwenstein , Massenbachhausen , Neckarwestheim , Nordheim , Obersulm , Pfaffenhofen , Schwaigern , Siegelsbach , Talheim , Untergruppenbach , Weinsberg , Wüstenrot , and Zaberfeld as
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#1732772138926636-711: The Diocese of Würzburg as villa Helibrunna (together with a Michaelsbasilica ), and in 841, King Louis the German set up court here for a period of time. The name Heilbrunna ( healing well ) hints to a well that is located not far from the basilica. In 1050, a significant settlement of Jews is noted in official documents, and the Codex of the monastery in Hirsau documented Heilbronn's right to hold market days and mint coins, mentioning its harbor and vineyards as well. The name of
689-695: The German Empire in 1871 during the unification of Germany . In the 1860s the city's train tracks were extended to Heidelberg via Bad Wimpfen , to Würzburg via Osterburken , and to Crailsheim (and later on to Nuremberg ) via Schwäbisch Hall . In 1880, the Kraichgau line was completed and created an important connection towards Karlsruhe , and by the end of the 19th century, Heilbronn had become an important hub, second in Wuerttemburg to Stuttgart in industrial output. The year 1892 brought
742-543: The Jewish community was all but eliminated. Starting in 1942 during World War II, the salt mines in and around Heilbronn were used to store art and artifacts from Germany, France, and Italy. Similarly, important producers of the war industry were moved into the mine shafts . The expansion of the shafts was undertaken by labour brigades of the concentration camp branches in Kochendorf and Neckargartach. From Heilbronn all
795-635: The Old Stone Age (30,000 BC). The fertile Neckar floodplains in the Heilbronn basin aided early settlement by farmers and ranchers. The city limits of present-day Heilbronn contain many sites of Bronze Age finds. Later on, but still before AD, the Celts already mined here for salt from brine. Under Roman Emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) the Romans pushed east away from the Rhine and the outer boundary of
848-606: The Rococo style. On September 9, 1802, Heilbronn lost its status as an Imperial Free City when the troops of Duke Friedrich I of Württemberg arrived. The duke had conceded the left bank of the Rhine to France during the French Revolutionary Wars but had been compensated with areas on the right bank. This is how Heilbronn and other former Imperial Free Cities became part of Württemberg in 1803. Heilbronn became
901-673: The Roman Empire was set at the Neckar-Odenwald Limes . A castle in today's borough of Böckingen was part of that limes , and nearby numerous Roman villas and plantations were built. Around AD 150, the Neckar-Odenwald Limes became obsolete when the boundary of the Roman Empire was moved approximately 30 km (19 mi) to the east, where it was subsequently fortified with the construction of
954-623: The Theresienwiese . Tsar Alexander I of Russia met in Heilbronn with the Baltic Baroness Juliane von Krüdener , who talked him into founding the " Holy Alliance ". Industrialization arrived in 1820. When the first train lines were placed in service in Württemberg, Heilbronn was at the end of the line of the northern branch that connected Heilbronn with Stuttgart and further fueled industrialization. For
1007-649: The Upper Germanic Limes complete with parapet and trenches . Around 260, the Romans surrendered the limes, and the Alamanni became rulers of the Neckar basin. Between the 4th and 7th centuries, the area became part of the Frankish Empire , and the first settlement was built in the general vicinity of the present center of town. In 741, Heilbronn is first mentioned in an official document of
1060-651: The 1970s, the centre of the city was transformed into a pedestrian zone and the rededication of the city theatre in 1982 closed one of the largest holes left in the inner city from World War II. Pursuant to the NATO Double-Track Decision of 1979, Pershing II intermediate-range nuclear missiles were stationed just uphill of Heilbronn in the Waldheide. This made Heilbronn the only major city in Germany with atomic missiles inside its city limits —
1113-464: The Böckingen train transfer station. As a result of 1,168 bombs dropped that day, 281 residents died. The city was carpet-bombed from the southern quarter all the way to the Kilianskirche in the center of town. The church was burnt out. After a ten-day battle , with the allies advancing over the strategically important Neckar crossings, the war ended for the destroyed city, and it was occupied by
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#17327721389261166-1220: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting David Halpern (canoeist) , (b. 1955), sprint canoer Diane F. Halpern , American psychologist Ida Halpern (1910–1987), Austrian musicologist Jack Halpern (chemist) , (1925–2018), Polish chemist Jack Halpern (linguist) (born 1946), German-born lexicographer Jake Halpern (b. 1975), American author Jeff Halpern (b. 1976), American ice hockey player Joseph Halpern (born 1953), Israeli-American computer science professor Justin Halpern (b. 1980), American author Lily Halpern (born 1991), American singer Mitch Halpern (1967–2000), boxing referee Mortimer Halpern (1909–2006), American Broadway stage manager Moyshe Leyb Halpern (1886–1932), American Yiddish poet Paul Halpern (b. 1961), American science writer and physicist Paul G. Halpern (b. 1937), American naval historian Ralph Halpern (born 1938), Austrian-born British businessman Steven Halpern , American new age musician Yisroel Halpern (aka Yisroel Karduner), (d. 1920), rabbi and Breslover Hasid See also [ edit ] Halpern v. Canada (Attorney General) ,
1219-635: The U.S. Army on April 12, 1945. Local NSDAP leader Richard Drauz became a fugitive because of executions of American prisoners of war he had ordered in March 1945. He was eventually arrested, tried, and hanged by the Allies in Landsberg on December 4, 1946. After the war, Emil Beutinger, mayor until 1933, returned to office and began the formidable task of reconstruction that was subsequently continued by his successors Paul Metz and Paul Meyle. Milestones were
1272-909: The acceptance of the Augsburg Confession by city council and residents and the Heilbronn Catechism of 1536 is the second oldest catechism in the Protestant Church. In 1538 Heilbronn joined the Schmalkaldic League but by 1546 squabbles between troops of the Schmalkaldic League and those of the Emperor Charles V escalated into battles that were won by the Emperor. As a result, Charles V spent Christmas 1546 in Heilbronn to attend
1325-552: The city area in recent years include two Neckar bridges, the two shopping centres Stadtgalerie and Klosterhof, the experimenta Science Center and the Bildungscampus. In 2021, the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg decides to locate its new innovation park artificial intelligence in Heilbronn. Ever since the Franks under Chlodwig settled in the Neckar region around 500 the area has been predominantly Christian and when Heilbronn
1378-609: The city became a widespread Jewish surname in many varieties, see Heilprin , Halpern , and Halperin . In 1225, Heilbronn was incorporated into the Hohenstaufen Empire as oppidum Heilecbrunnen . Oppidum signified a city fortified by parapet and trenches . Later during the 13th century, the Teutonic Knights obtained ownership of a large area south of Heilbronn which would remain owned by that order until German Mediatisation in 1805. Starting in 1268,
1431-480: The city during the 15th century enabled it to expand, and many of its historic structures, such as the Kilianskirche (1455–60), trace their origins to that era. Götz von Berlichingen spent three years in "knightly custody" in Heilbronn starting in 1519 and even spent a night in the tower of the bastion. That same year people first took note of the pub owner Jäcklein Rohrbach who with accomplices would later kill
1484-458: The city only lasted several months, the French were only persuaded to leave the surrounding areas in 1693, after a large defensive army had been put into the field and fortifications had been erected. During the 18th century, archives suggest all members of the city council enjoyed some sort of formal education; Schiller and Goethe came to visit; and elaborate buildings were being constructed in
1537-726: The city's community center Harmonie , but the SPD had the majority in Heilbronn over the NSDAP as late as the elections on March 5, 1933. Richard Drauz , who had been born into a respected Heilbronn family, became Heilbronn's NSDAP Kreisleiter (District Leader) in 1932. He was also elected to the Reichstag from 1933 on and pushed hard for the Gleichschaltung of the Heilbronn clubs and press in Nazi Germany . On July 28, 1935,
1590-423: The city's population exceeded 100,000 for the first time; thus Heilbronn attained "major city" ( Großstadt ) status. During the last district reform in the 1970s, Kirchhausen, Biberach, Frankenbach and Horkheim were incorporated into Heilbronn, and the city was reconfirmed as independent city and seat of Heilbronn County. It was also declared seat of the newly formed Franken region, now Heilbronn-Franken. Also during
1643-663: The city. From 1644 through 1647, Heilbronn was again part of the Holy Roman Empire, but then French troops moved in and later those of the Electorate of the Palatinate . The city was not free of occupying forces until four years after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. But already in the 1670s the city again became the stage for armed manoeuvres, until it was occupied by French troops in 1688. But while that occupation of
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1696-717: The completion of the east–west axis of the Baden-Wuerttemburg regional transportation system. In 2013, the north–south axis to Neckarsulm was opened. Heilbronn won the European competition "Entente Florale 2000" on September 9, 2000, in Broughshane, Northern Ireland, and in 2005–06 the city became the first UNICEF children's city in Germany. Late in 2005, Heilbronn was chosen to host the Bundesgartenschau in 2019. More than 2.3 million visitors came to
1749-530: The ensuing criminal proceedings. It is also Charles V who in 1522 changed the charter of the city and this charter survived almost unscathed until 1803. During the Thirty Years' War the city and surrounding villages suffered badly. After the battle of Wimpfen in 1622, Neckargartach was burnt to the ground. In 1631 Heilbronn was occupied by imperial troops but the same year the Swedes succeeded in conquering
1802-753: The executor of Böckingen. After he had spent some time in the Hohenlohe Plains and collected similarly minded characters around him, he returned to Heilbronn in April 1525 just as the German Peasants' War was getting into full swing. On April 16 the peasants killed many of the nobles in Weinsberg and on April 18 the Heilbronn monastery of the Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was attacked and ransacked. The city opened its gates in response to demands of
1855-457: The family names borne by the Jews of Austria , Germany, and eastern Europe were assumed indiscriminately by order of their respective governments toward the end of the 18th century or at the beginning of the 19th. Heilbronn Heilbronn ( German pronunciation: [haɪlˈbʁɔn] ) is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg , Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District . From
1908-472: The garden and city exhibition in 2019, which took place on a former commercial site of about 40 hectares located directly north of the main station. Now a part of the site is being developed into a new Urban district called Neckarbogen, where up to 3,500 people will live and 1,000 people will work in the future. The first buildings of the green and family-friendly quarter have been highly acclaimed and already received several awards. Other major new buildings in
1961-407: The infrastructure thus created, during the 14th century Heilbronn grew attractive to merchants and craftspeople, who now demanded the right to determine their own fate. In 1371, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor , issued a new charter to the city. Now Heilbronn needed to answer only to the Emperor and as such was an Imperial Free City . Craftspeople and merchants were now represented in its council and
2014-488: The late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the beginning of the 19th century, Heilbronn became one of the centres of early industrialisation in Württemberg. Heilbronn's old town was completely destroyed during the air raid of 4 December 1944 and rebuilt in the 1950s. Today Heilbronn is the economic centre of the Heilbronn-Franken region . Heilbronn is known for its wine industry and
2067-472: The name derive it from the town of Heilbronn , Germany . "Heilbronn" means "healing well". Besides the numerous Heilbrons, Heilbronners, Heilpruns, and Heilbruns who are known to have lived between the middle of the 16th century and the present time, there are four distinct branches of the Heilprin family. The progenitor of the oldest of these was Zebulun Eliezer (b. 1541), whose son, Moses of Brest-Litovsk,
2120-533: The order built the Deutschhof there as one of its residences. The church building of the order that was located on the premises was modified and expanded several times: First in 1350 it was expanded ( Gothic ), then it was remodeled in 1719 ( Baroque ), and in 1977, it was consecrated as a cathedral. After the demise of the Staufen dynasty, King Rudolf I returned city status to Heilbronn in 1281 and installed
2173-588: The peasants and consequently more churches and municipal institutions were robbed the next day. For about a month Heilbronn remained under the control of rebellious peasants. And even though Johann Lachmann , later a church reformer, had attempted to mediate, the peasants did not leave the city until one of their armies was defeated on May 12, 1525, in Böblingen . Their leader Rohrbach was executed on May 21, 1525, in Neckargartach and his home town of Böckingen
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2226-444: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halpern&oldid=1226679676 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames German toponymic surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Heilprin Some people with
2279-401: The port was opened in a canal off the Neckar, and 1936 saw the Autobahn between Heilbronn and Stuttgart completed. Economy and infrastructure were booming in Württemberg, and Heilbronn was at the logistic centre of it all. As the result of a district reform on October 1, 1938, Heilbronn became the seat of the newly created Heilbronn County and regained independent city status. At the same time
2332-410: The previously independent communities of Böckingen, Sontheim, and Neckargartach were annexed, and with 72,000 residents Heilbronn then was the second largest city in Württemberg. The port turned into an important transfer station on the Neckar and one of the ten largest interior ports in the country. On November 10, 1938, the Heilbronn synagogue was destroyed during the Kristallnacht . Soon thereafter
2385-420: The rabbinate of Odessa, which Heilprin held until his death, January 13, 1877. The places following the names in the following family tree denote in most instances the rabbinates. The fourth branch is that of Jehiel ben Solomon ben Jekuthiel of Minsk , author of " Seder ha-Dorot ", whose son Moses succeeded him in the rabbinate and whose grandson, Löb b. Isaac, published his work. Jehiel was probably related to
2438-453: The rededication of historic city hall in 1953 and the reopening of the community centre, Harmonie . Heilbronn was part of Württemberg-Baden until 1952, after which it became part of Baden-Württemberg . After 1951, US troops were permanently stationed in Heilbronn. They used barracks built prior to World War II and added some structures of their own. On April 15, 1954, during the Easter holiday 13 people from Heilbronn went missing in what
2491-421: The seat of an Oberamt (district), and the four Imperial Free villages became separate communities within the district. In 1806 the Duchy of Württemberg became the Kingdom of Württemberg . In 1815, Heilbronn again became a staging area for major armies ahead of the campaign against Napoleon , and 10,000 troops paraded in front of Emperor Franz of Austria and more than one hundred German princes and generals in
2544-413: The third branch of the Heilprin family. A large number of the Heilprins now living in Russia claim descent from Jehiel. Phineas Mendel , father of Michael Heilprin , was also probably descended from one of the several prominent Heilprins who lived in his native city, Lublin . Heilprins are to be found in almost all Ashkenazic communities, but they are not necessarily of the same family, since most of
2597-433: The villages of Böckingen, Flein , Frankenbach and Neckargartach became part of Heilbronn's territory. As an Imperial Free City Heilbronn was threatened by the ambitious House of Württemberg . A relationship with the Holy Roman Emperor and a treaty with the Electorate of the Palatinate in effect from 1417 to 1622 strengthened Heilbronn's position and kept the House of Württemberg at bay. The political stability enjoyed by
2650-414: The way to Neckarelz numerous subterraneous complexes, some of them gigantic, were constructed ; on November 20, 1942, the Heilbronn Bureau of Labour had 8,000 forced labourers registered in its district. In 1940 allied air raids began, and the city and its surrounding area were hit about 20 times with minor damage. On September 10, 1944, a raid by the allies targeted the city specifically, in particular
2703-437: Was a brother-in-law of Samuel Edels (Eideles) (died 1632). The genealogy of another branch, which includes several rabbis and prominent leaders of communities and of the Council of Four Lands, is as follows: The genealogy of a third branch is that made by Belinson of the family of Jehiel ben Solomon Heilprin , who went from Brody in 1821 to Odessa , where he was dayyan until 1835; he then succeeded Reuben Hardenstein in
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#17327721389262756-424: Was first mentioned in an official document in 741 Christian Michaelsbasilica, present day's Kilianskirche , was mentioned along with the city. The Teutonic Knights constructed its church from the 13th century and both churches were continually expanded. They were joined later by other churches and cloisters in the city. Around 1050 an important Jewish community was mentioned that had settled in what became known as
2809-446: Was partially burnt to the ground in punishment. In 1528, the replacement of the mayor by Hans Riesser , a Protestant, brought on the previously delayed Reformation and through the efforts of Reformer Lachmann schools and healthcare were also reorganized. In 1529 the Kilianskirche (church tower of the Kilianskirche) was completed. It was the first important religious building of the Renaissance in Germany. The year 1530 brought about
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