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The following table lists the 74 cities in Baden-Würtemberg with a population of at least 25,000 on May 15, 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital. The city rank by population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerate by the 2022 German Census [2] The city ...
The 2022 total population of Germany exclude 8,258 persons posted abroad. Further information about the population structure: See also: Baden-Württemberg state with communes. Baden-Württemberg (State, Germany) with population statistics, charts, map and location.
Stuttgart is one of 14 regional centers in Baden-Württemberg and is naturally the primary centre of the Stuttgart Region, making it the administrative centre for a region of 3,700 km 2 (1,400 sq mi) containing a total of 2.76 million people as of December 2014. [128]
Population of Baden-Württemberg: Current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, median age, population density, urbanization, and urban population. Data tables, maps and charts.
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Karlsruhe lies completely to the east of the Rhine, and almost completely on the Upper Rhine Plain. It contains the Turmberg in the east, and also lies on the borders of the Kraichgau leading to the Northern Black Forest. The Rhine, one of the world's most important shipping routes, forms the western limits of the city, beyond which lie the towns o...
According to legend, the name Karlsruhe, which translates as "Charles' repose" or "Charles' peace", was given to the new city after a hunting trip when Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlachwoke from a dream in which he dreamt of founding his new city. A variation of this story claims that he built the new palace to find peace from his wife....
Karlsruhe has a population of about 310,000 and is the 3rd largest city in Baden-Württemberg. Karlsruhe, which was founded by Charles III William, became a major city in the 19th century. Karlsruhe became in the 1950s a significant city where the population started to grow. It gained a large popularity of many students due to the university of tech...
The Stadtgarten is a recreational area near the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) and was rebuilt for the 1967 Federal Garden Show (Bundesgartenschau). It is also the site of the Karlsruhe Zoo. The Durlacher Turmberg has a lookout tower (hence its name). It is a former keepdating back to the 13th century. The city has two botanical gardens: the m...
Justice
Karlsruhe is the seat of the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) and the highest Court of Appeals in civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof. The courts came to Karlsruhe after World War II, when the provinces of Baden and Württemberg were merged. Stuttgart, capital of Württemberg, became the capital of the new province (Württemberg-Baden in 1945 and Baden-Württembergin 1952). In compensation for the state authorities relocated to Stuttgart, Karlsruhe applie...
Public health
There are four hospitals: The municipal Klinikum Karlsruhe provides the maximum level of medical services, the St. Vincentius-Kliniken and the Diakonissenkrankenhaus, connected to the Catholic and Protestant churches, respectively, offer central services, and the private Paracelsus-Klinik basic medical care, according to state hospital demand planning.[citation needed]
Germany's largest oil refinery is located in Karlsruhe, at the western edge of the city, directly on the river Rhine. The Technologieregion Karlsruhe is a loose confederation of the region's cities in order to promote high tech industries; today, about 20% of the region's jobs are in research and development. EnBW, one of Germany's biggest electric...
Mayor
The current mayor of Karlsruhe is Frank Mentrup of the Social Democratic Party(SPD) since 2013. The most recent mayoral election was held on 6 December 2020, and the results were as follows:
City council
The Karlsruhe city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows:
Railway
The Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK) operates the city's urban public transport network, comprising seven tram routes and a network of bus routes. All city areas can be reached round the clock by tram and a night bus system. The Turmbergbahn funicular railway, to the east of the city centre, is also operated by the VBK. Similar to a premetrotramlines operating in the city centre use two tramway tunnels that were completed on 11 December 2021. The VBK is also a partner, with the Albtal-Verkehr...
Shipping
Two ports on the Rhine provide transport capacity on cargo ships, especially for petroleum products.
Airport
The nearest airport is part of the Baden Airpark (officially Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) about 45 km (28 mi) southwest of Karlsruhe, with regular connections to airports in Germany and Europe in general. Frankfurt International Airport can be reached in about an hour and a half by car (one hour by Intercity Express); Stuttgart Airport can be reached in about one hour (about an hour and a half by train and S-Bahn).
Jews settled in Karlsruhe soon after its founding. They were attracted by the numerous privileges granted by its founder to settlers, without discrimination as to creed. Official documents attest the presence of several Jewish families at Karlsruhe in 1717. A year later the city council addressed to the margrave a report in which a question was rai...
Christa Bauch, female bodybuilderWalther Bensemann, one of the founders of the first southern German soccer club Karlsruher FV and later one of the founders of DFB and the founder of Kicker, Germany's leading soccer magazineThe population of all cities and communes in Baden-Württemberg with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates. Cities and communes within the boundaries of 31 December 2022.
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The following list sorts all cities and municipalities in the German state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of more than 25,000. As of December 31, 2017, 74 cities and municipalities fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
