19 Facts About Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe was the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach, the Margraviate of Baden, the Electorate of Baden, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and the Republic of Baden .

The market square has the town hall to the west, the main Lutheran church to the east, and the tomb of Margrave Charles III William in a pyramid in the buildings, resulting in Karlsruhe being one of only three large cities in Germany where buildings are laid out in the neoclassical style.

In 2008, the weather station in Karlsruhe, which had been in operation since 1876, was closed; it was replaced by a weather station in Rheinstetten, south of Karlsruhe.

Karlsruhe became the capital of Baden-Durlach, and, in 1771, of the united Baden until 1945.

Karlsruhe was visited by Thomas Jefferson during his time as the American envoy to France; when Pierre Charles L'Enfant was planning the layout of Washington, D C, Jefferson passed to him maps of 12 European towns to consult, one of which was a sketch he had made of Karlsruhe during his visit.

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Karlsruhe Palace is an interesting piece of architecture; the adjacent Schlossgarten includes the Botanical Garden with a palm, cactus and orchid house, and walking paths through the woods to the north.

Karlsruhe is home to a natural history museum, an opera house, as well as a number of independent theatres and art galleries.

Karlsruhe's newly renovated art museum is one of the most important art museums in Baden-Wurttemberg.

Karlsruhe is home to the Majolika-Manufaktur, the only art-ceramics pottery studio in Germany.

Karlsruhe is the seat of the German Federal Constitutional Court and the highest Court of Appeals in civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof.

Current mayor of Karlsruhe is Frank Mentrup of the Social Democratic Party since 2013.

Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe operates the city's urban public transport network, comprising seven tram routes and a network of bus routes.

Karlsruhe is at the Bundesautobahn 5 and the Bundesstraße 10.

The well-known German-Israeli artist Leo Kahn studied in Karlsruhe before leaving for France and Israel in the 1920s and 1930s.

Karlsruhe has memorialized its Jewish community and notable pre-war synagogues with a memorial park.

Karlsruhe is a renowned research and study centre, with one of Germany's finest institutions of higher education.

Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe is one of the smallest universities in Germany, with average 300 students.

The Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe is a music conservatory that offers degrees in composition, music performance, education, and radio journalism.

Furthermore, the University of Education Karlsruhe offers a Master program for Biodiversity and Environmental Education.