Rav Doniel Prostitz-Steinschneider
Rosh Beis Din of Pressburg for over fifty years and the closest colleague and confidant of the Chasam Sofer.
Biography
Life
Rav Doniel Prostitz-Steinschneider zt"l was Rosh Beis Din of Pressburg. He was a great-grandson of Rav Schmiedl, who had come to the area of Moravia in the 17th century from Amsterdam.
Rav Prostitz was the closest colleague and confidant of the Chasam Sofer, and he is largely credited with negotiating the Chasam Sofer's appointment as the religious leader of the Pressburg community. He was considered a foremost authority in matters of halachah, and he served the Pressburg community for over fifty years.
He is buried in the rabbinic graveyard that is now known as the Chasam Sofer memorial, and his kever is immediately adjacent to that of the Chasam Sofer.