Karlsruhe is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden, a city in Germany, which is located near the German-French border near the River Rhine, the third largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the 21st in Germany itself. The city was based on the territories of the ancient estates Durlach, Ettlingen and Mulburg.
Description and features of the city
In Karlsruhe, all the main streets in the form of rays go away from the main palace and are connected by 2 ring roads. On its territory there are 27 districts. The official date of the founding of the city is 1715. Karlsruhe occupies an area of more than 170 thousand square meters in area. km In 2014, the population is about 300 thousand people.
Karlsruhe (Germany) is a large river port. It is also called the “residence of law,” because of the courts, the prosecutor’s office, and many federal departments located in it.
sights
The sights of Karlsruhe include the main central palace (now the Baden Land Museum), which has many old artifacts for a period of more than 5000 years. Here are all kinds of architectural monuments from different eras. Among them are Gottesau Castle and the Grand Ducal Palace. Now in this building is the German Supreme Court. But in the castle of Gottesau equipped with the Higher School of Music. There is also the palace of Prince Max (now the city museum) and the castle of Carlsburg.
The city of Karlsruhe (Germany) is decorated with many churches, churches and temples. The Museum of Art presents paintings by famous masters. This collection has been collected over the past seven centuries. The Museum of Natural History contains rare natural resources, fascinating stuffed animals of extant and extinct animals; presented a huge exhibition of lively exotic. The multimedia art museum has a rich collection.
Karlsruhe (Germany) is famous for its ancient Botanical Gardens, a spectacular zoo with unique animals, and many green parks, such as the Gunter Klotz Recreation Park, which stretches along the banks of the Alb River. In July days every year in Karlsruhe hosts a magnificent music festival, which attracts many thousands of spectators from different cities of the country.
Monuments
In Karlsruhe there are monuments to distinguished residents: the creator of Kalsruhe, Karl Wilhelm, the architect Karl Ludwig Friedrich, the monarch Karl Friedrich of Baden. Monuments to the discoverers Karl Benz, who invented the car, the scientist Karl von Drez, who first made a bicycle, the famous Franz Grashof - a teacher of the nineteenth century, rise in the center on a green alley.
On the university square there is a large monument to the scientist Heinrich Hertz, who discovered electromagnetic waves in 1886. A monument to citizens of the USSR who suffered from fascism stands in the Jewish cemetery. It was in Karlsruhe that the first meeting of the world's chemists took place in 1860, where the definitions of atomic and molecular theories were clearly formulated.
Economy
The city of Karlsruhe is a highly developed industrial center with a large number of enterprises in its arsenal: the MiRO oil refinery, the EnBW energy concern, a huge thermal power plant, and the largest Siemens branch (a huge employer). One of the oldest institutions operating in the city is the German Institute of Technology.
Karlsruhe is famous for the Baden Theater and the Academy of Arts. Various sporting events and world championships are held annually in this city.
Transport
Karlsruhe (Germany) is widely known as a pioneer in the application of the railway for trams. Thanks to this, it became possible to get to nearby cities with this particular mode of transport.