Wasserburg/Ensisheim (captivity)

Alsace — Maharam's prison

This node marks the captivity of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (the Maharam), the leading German Tosafist of the thirteenth century. Seized in 1286 while attempting to emigrate to the Land of Israel, he was imprisoned in the fortress of Wasserburg and then at Ensisheim in Alsace. By tradition he refused to allow the Jewish community to pay the large ransom demanded, fearing it would encourage the seizure of other rabbis, and he died in prison around 1293.

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