Ignaz Ziegler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIgnaz Ziegler
Austri-Hungarian Rabbi
Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1861
Place of Birth: Dolný Kubín, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1948
Profession: rabbi
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ignaz Ziegler
- Ignaz Ziegler (Hungarian: Ziegler Ignác; 29 September 1861 in Dolný Kubín, then Hungary – 1948) was an Austrian rabbi, chief rabbi of Karlovy Vary.He was educated at the Budapest University of Jewish Studies and at the University of Budapest (Ph.D.
- 1888).
- Immediately after his graduation he was called to the rabbinate of Carlsbad.
- Through his efforts the Kaiser Franz Josef Regierungs-Jubiläum Hospiz was erected at Carlsbad, at a cost of 500,000 Austrian crowns, to provide food, shelter, and medical treatment for indigent Jews who come to that city in large numbers in search of health.
- This institution was opened on 1 May 1903. Ziegler's works are as follows: a Hungarian dissertation on the prophet Malachi (Budapest, 1888) Religiöse Disputationen im Mittelalter (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1894) Geschichte des Judentums (Prague, 1900) Die Königsgleichnisse im Midrasch (Breslau, 1903)
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