What is "auerbach"

Auerbach, German for "meadow brook", may refer to the following:

Auerbach is a town in the Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany. It is the regional centre of the eastern Vogtland. The economy is mainly based on textile manufacture, food processing and machine industry. Auerbach is considered the second most important town behind Plauen in the Vogtlandkreis.

Auerbach was mentioned for the first time in 1282. The town is situated at the declivities above the river Göltzsch at the foot of a castle tower from the 12th century. Landmarks include the towers of the St. Laurentius church, the Catholic Zum Heiligen Kreuz church and the tower of the castle. The three tall buildings give Auerbach its nickname “the Three Towers Town”.

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The Jewish family Auerbach, Авербах (אוּרבּך) of the 16th to 19th century was a family of scholars, the progenitor of which was Moses Auerbach, born around 1462, court Jew to the bishop of Regensburg as of around 1497. One of his daughters, who went to Kraków after her marriage, is the reputed ancestress of the celebrated Rabbi Moses Isserles (רמ״א). The Auerbach family gained Court Jew status and later nobility titles under the Habsburg Monarchy.

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Country:

Germany

State:

Bavaria

Admin.region:

Schwaben

District:

Augsburg

Municipality:

Horgau

Coordinates:

48° 24′ N, 10° 40′ E

Elevation:

465 m (1526 ft)

Population:

500 (2007)

Postal code:

86497 (old: 8901)

Area code:

08294

Licence plate code:

A

Auerbach is a village in the municipality Horgau near Augsburg (13 km) in the district of Augsburg, in Swabia - Bavaria, southern Germany.

Auerbach (Günz) is a river of Bavaria, Germany.

Auerbach and Averbuch is a German surname, commonly Jewish, derived from a toponym. Notable people with this surname include the following:

• Arnold M. Auerbach (1912–1998), American screenwriter
• Artie Auerbach (1903–1957), American comedian, press photographer
• Auerbach (Jewish family), a family of scholars in the 16th to 19th centuries
• Ben Auerbach (1919–1993), American professional basketball player
• Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish writer
• Charlotte Auerbach (1899–1994), German-Jewish geneticist
• Dan Auerbach (born 1979), American guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys
• Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer
• Erich Auerbach (photographer) (1911–1977), Czech-Jewish photographer
• Erich Auerbach (1892–1957), German-Jewish philologist
• Frank Auerbach (born 1931), German-born British painter
• Heinrich Auerbach (ex. Heinrich Stromer) (1482–1542), physician and senator of Leipzig
• Herman Auerbach (1901–1942), Polish mathematician
• Larry Auerbach (born 1923), iconic American television director
• Leopold Auerbach (1828–1897), German anatomist (see Auerbach's plexus below)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian composer, pianist and poet.
• Meir Auerbach, first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
• Oscar Auerbach (1905–1997), Jewish-American pathologist
• Red Auerbach (1917–2006), Boston Celtics coach and founder of the Red Auerbach Basketball School
• Rick Auerbach (born 1950), American baseball player
• Sol Auerbach (1906–1986), American Communist historian better known as James S. Allen
• Stevanne Auerbach (born 1938), also known as Dr. Toy, American educator, child development expert, and writer
• Yael Averbuch (born 1986), American soccer player
• Yuri Averbakh (born 1922), Russian chess grandmaster

• A prominent family of rabbis in Jerusalem, including:
  • Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
  • Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach
  • Shmuel Auerbach
  • Ezriel (or Azriel) Auerbach