Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe
/kahrddls"rddooh'euh/; Eng. /kahrlz"rooh'euh/, n.
a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden. 278,200.

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      city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies at the northern edge of the Black Forest, northwest of Stuttgart and just a few miles from the Rhine River. It was once the capital of the former Baden state, and it is now the seat of Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht). It originated in 1715 when Karl Wilhelm, margrave of Baden-Durlach, built a castle near his hunting lodge, Karlsruhe (“Karl's retreat”). The castle tower became the focal point of a fan-shaped town layout. Friedrich Weinbrenner gave it its essential character by erecting many buildings in Neoclassical style, including the town hall and the Evangelical and Roman Catholic churches. The city sustained severe damage in World War II, but many noteworthy buildings have been restored.

      Electrical products, machinery and steel products, building equipment, pharmaceuticals, motor-vehicle parts, and paper are manufactured and exported. Karlsruhe has an industrial harbour (established 1901). Its post-World War II economic rehabilitation was stimulated by the building of a nuclear reactor and research centre (1956) and pipelines to Marseille and Strasbourg, in France, and to Ingolstadt, on the Danube. Oil refineries were established nearby on the Rhine with special harbour facilities. The city is also home to the Institute for Transuranium Elements, built as a collaborative effort with the European Atomic Energy Community, which aims to protect Europeans against the dangers posed by highly radioactive elements.

      Educational institutions include a college of music, an academy of fine arts, and the Fridericiana (formally named the University of Karlsruhe in 1967), a technical university, which was the first of its kind in Germany (founded 1825). Former teachers at the Fridericiana include Fritz Haber (Haber, Fritz), a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, and Heinrich Hertz (Hertz, Heinrich), noted for his study of electromagnetic waves. Karlsruhe features several museums (including those devoted to contemporary art, porcelain, and the combination of art with new media); other places of interest include a zoo, Wildpark Stadium, Schöneck Sports School, the mint, and the Pyramid in the marketplace (the town symbol). Pop. (2006 est.) 286,327.

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