Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Kever · Worms · Germany
רבי מאיר מרוטנבורג
Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg
The Maharam of Rothenburg
Who he was
The leading posek of Ashkenaz in his generation and rebbe of the Rosh. Held in imprisonment from 1286 and niftar there in 1293; he forbade the kehilla to ransom him, so as not to set the price of a rov. His body was held a further fourteen years.
Visitor experience
Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.
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- Buried in
- Wormaisa — the Heiliger Sand, the oldest bais hachaim in EuropeWorms · Germany
Also buried there
- Alexander ben Shlomo Wimpfen
- The Maharil — from whom Ashkenazi minhag is largely written · Rabbi Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin