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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).
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.
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]
The Karlsruhe Schlossgarten (engl. palace garden), also called Schlosspark (engl. palace park), [1] is a landscape park situated north of the Karlsruhe Palace in the center of Karlsruhe. It represents an extension of the palace grounds to the north, serves the people as a local holiday spot and is regularly used for events.
This is a list of castles and other such fortifications and palaces or country homes in Germany. Included are castles (German: Burg, Schloss), forts (German: Festung), palaces (German: Schloss, Palais, Palast), country or stately homes and manors, and even follies.
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 ...
Hohenzollern Castle. Bruchsal Palace, Bruchsal, residence of the Prince-Bishops of Speyer; Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, residence of the Electors Palatine; Hohenzollern Castle, show castle of the kings of Prussia; Karlsruhe Palace, Karlsruhe, residence of the Grand Dukes of Baden; Ludwigsburg Palace, Ludwigsburg, residence of the Kings of ...
Castles in Karlsruhe (6 P) R. Railway stations in Karlsruhe (4 P) S. Schools in Karlsruhe (4 P) U. Universities and colleges in Karlsruhe (4 C, 6 P)