Jacob Raphael Kaulla (died 1 May 1810,
Hechingen
Hechingen ( Swabian: ''Hächenga'') is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border.
Geography
The town lies at the foot of the ...
) was a German court banker; born at
Buchau
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Administrative parts
Villages of Číhaná, Dlouhá Lomnice, Herstošice, Hlineč, Javorná, Jesínky, Koz ...
on the
Feder-See about the middle of the eighteenth century.
By a decree dated 27 June 1806, King
Frederick of Württemberg Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
* Frederi ...
, "in view of the various services that the Kaulla family has rendered to the country in critical periods", conferred upon Jacob and a number of his immediate relatives and their descendants of both sexes all rights of citizenship in
Württemberg
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Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...
. Jacob Kaulla and his sister
Madame Kaulla were distinguished as
philanthropist
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s.
Article Reference
Kaulla family - JewishEncyclopedia
1810 deaths
Court Jews
18th-century German Jews
Year of birth unknown
18th-century German businesspeople
People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
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