 Official documents attest the presence of several Jewish families at Karlsruhe in 1717.A year later the city council addressed to the margrave a report in which a question was raised as to the proportion of municipal charges to be borne by the newly arrived Jews, who in that year formed an organized congregation, with Rabbi Nathan Uri Kohen of Metz at its head.A document dated 1726 gives the names of twenty-four Jews who had taken part in an election of municipal officers.