Joseph von Maier

Joseph von Maier (Hebrew: יוסף בן מאיר, romanized: Yosef ben Meir; 27 April 1797 – 19 August 1873) was a German rabbi, who served as Oberkirchenrath ('High Consistorial Councillor') of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

After receiving his rabbinical ordination in 1827, he worked as Hausrabbiner (private rabbi) to the Kaulla banking family in Stuttgart.

[3] In 1832 he became Bezirksrabbiner (district rabbi) of that town, a position he held until his death.

[4] He was president of the first rabbinical conference held at Brunswick in 1844, and he was also a member of the Jewish Consistory of Württemberg.

[5] In recognition of religious and philanthropic activities, he was ennobled by King Charles of Württemberg on his seventieth birthday in 1867, and decorated with the Ritterkreuz des Württembergischen Kronordens.