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Karlsruhe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 00 17 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.0047 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 23 09 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.3858 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Karlsruhe is located near the Rhine River on the edge of the Black Forest in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It was founded as a residence by the margrave of Baden-Durlach, Karl Wilhelm, in 1715, who built a castle there near his hunting lodge. The city was designed on a radial plan around the tower of the castle with most of its important public building designed in the Neoclassical style. There are many museums, educational institutions, and the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. An industrial harbor was built on the Rhine in 1901. Severely damaged in World War II; today its factories produce machinery, bicycles, and radio equipment. It has oil refineries with pipelines to Strasbourg, Marseilles, and Ingolstadt, as well as a nuclear reactor and research center. Its 2004 estimated population was 283,000. |
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| Karlsruhe (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | used from 1715, meaning "Karl's retreat," referring to nearby hunting lodge of margrave Karl Wilhelm |
| Karlsruhe (German-P,U,N)
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| Carlsruhe (C,O)
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| קרלסרוה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1715, planned city was laid out in 19th century |
| city (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| scientific center (C) |
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noted as site where Heinrich Hertz discovered radio waves; has been nuclear research center since 1956 |
| educational center (C) |
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noted for Germany's oldest technical college, founded in 1825 |
| noble seat (H) |
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