Sobědruhy (german: Soborten) is an administrative part of the city of Teplice in the Czech Republic.

Geography

Sobědruhý lies about above sea level. The highest point is about above sea level.

History

Traditionally, Sobědruhy was a town in

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, whose Jewish community is probably one of the oldest in the province. The Jewish community of Sobědruhy includes parts of the Teplitz (Teplice), Dux ( Duchcov), and Karbitz ( Chabařovice) districts. The

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has a tower, with a clock, and two lamps respectively bearing the dates 1553 and 1654. For a time the

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at Sobědruhy was used as a burial-place by the Jewish community of Dresden. Many gravestones bear the inscription ''"Mi-Geresh Prag"'', marking the graves of Jews who were driven from Prague, some of whom died as martyrs. Until 1848 the Jews of Sobědruhy were confined to the ghetto - the ''Judengasse'', as it is still called. For some time the Jewish community formed a part of the Leitmeritz district

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nate, but in 1883 it gained independence and elected as its rabbi Ḥayyim (Heinrich) Galandauer (author of ''"Der Socialismus im Bibel und Talmud"''). Sobědruhy had a Jewish population of 150 in 1900s.

Notable people

* Dušan Třeštík * Bonnier family

References

* Teplice Populated places in Teplice District Historic Jewish communities Towns in the Ore Mountains {{Jewish-hist-stub