Jurjentje Aukes Rauwerda

Jurjentje Aukes Rauwerda (14 December 1812, in Oentsjerk – 3 October 1877, Amsterdam),[1] later Jurrentje Weinthal,[1] was a Dutch prostitute and procurer.

She was famous among members of her profession in the contemporary Netherlands, and ran the largest brothel in Amsterdam, the Maison Weinthal.

[2] In the Leeuwarden census of 1839 Rauwerda was not registered, but her daughter Jacoba Frederika was noted as living with Jurjentje's parents.

[4][5] In 1843, she was officially registered as a seamstress in Leeuwarden, living with her two surviving children in Speelmansstraat, in the Jewish part of the city.

The revamped establishment now boasted a winter garden, a large salon where the women could meet clients and luxuriously appointed 'work rooms'.

[6] The following year Benjamin brought a house called Vredenwensch in Franschelaan, located in the Plantage district.

During this time Benjamin's daughter from a previous relationship, Lisette Weinthal, appeared and make a claim on the estate.