The City of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, situated in the Rhine valley, is a young and hospitable city in the heart of Europe. It is now home to nearly 287,000 people. It is known both in and even outside the Federal Republic as the “seat of justice”. This last attribute is the result of its being home to Germany’s highest courts, namely the Federal Supreme Court and the Federal Constitutional Court.
Karlsruhe was developed round a fan design. The margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach founded the city in 1715 along the star-shaped avenues emanating southwards from his palace. The plans of an absolutistic house of princes resulted in the world-famous fan that has continued to shape the city centre right up to this day. The neoclassical architecture which gives the inner city its special charm was the work of the architect, Friedrich Weinbrenner, in the early and mid-19th century.
The fan-shaped city enjoys an excellent international reputation in the world of science and research, too. The research and innovative potential of the university, as well as that of three other institutions of higher education and numerous other scientific institutions, above all the Karlsruhe Research Centre, have provided a solid basis for the top position the entire economic region now enjoys in the world of science and technology.
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