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The first building was constructed by Jakob Friedrich von Batzendorf. The city was planned with the tower of the palace (Schloss) at the centre and 32 streets radiating out from it like spokes on a wheel, or ribs on a folding fan, so that a nickname for Karlsruhe in German is the "fan city" (Fächerstadt).
Innenstadt-Ost is a district in the eastern center of Karlsruhe, Germany. The district, along with Innenstadt-West, forms the city center. Innenstadt-Ost is the oldest district of Karlsruhe and is located in the area of the former Klein-Karlsruhe, a village from which the city of Karlsruhe later developed. [1] [2]
Karlsburg Castle in the Durlach district of Karlsruhe characterizes the history of the Baden since 1563. Only the Prinzessinnenbau ("Princesses' wing") of the historical building still stands. Pforzheim was the residence of Margrave Charles II , until he decided in 1563 to move to Durlach.
A castle built on commission by Charles Eugene for his wife Franziska von Hohenheim. [2] Construction dragged on for 21 years, finally ending with the Duke's death in 1793. [ 3 ] After a further 20 years of continued maintenance of the gardens surrounding the abandoned and decaying palace , King William I and his wife Catherine founded an ...
The list of social nudity places in Germany includes: [419] Baden-Baden is a city located near the French border. This city has many natural mineral springs and numerous clothes-free bathhouses are located there. Borkum; Grömitz; Lake Senftenberg, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg [420] Norderney
Germany's largest oil refinery is located in Karlsruhe, at the western edge of the city, directly on the river Rhine. The Technologieregion Karlsruhe is a loose confederation of the region's cities in order to promote high tech industries; today, about 20% of the region's jobs are in research and development .
The striking beginning at Mühlburger-Tor-Platz is the Rathaus West (city hall), followed by the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe (state archive), the Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (court), the Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe (prison, designed by Josef Durm in 1897 in the style of an Italian palazzo with consideration for the surroundings), the ...
At the end of the 19th century, the city of Karlsruhe opened up parts of today's Oststadt as a building area. To this day, the district is characterized by its coexistence of trade, crafts and living. [1] The area south of Durlacher Allee, the Gottesaue, has a much older history. The Benedictine monastery Gottesaue was founded here in 1094.