Editing Karlsruhe (section)

{{short description|City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}
{{Other uses|Karlsruhe (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox German location
| name                = Karlsruhe
| German_name = <small>''Kallsruh'' ([[South Franconian German|South Franconian]])</small>
| type                = City
| image_photo         = {{Photomontage|position=center
| photo1a             = Karlsruhe asv2022-10 img07 Schloss Karlsruhe.jpg{{!}}Karlsruhe Palace
| photo2a             = Aerial image of the Karlsruhe Schlossgarten (view from the south).jpg{{!}}Aerial view
| photo2b             = Karlsruhe, Schloßplatz - panoramio.jpg{{!}}Schlossplatz (Castle Square)
| photo3a             = Konzerthaus Karlsruhe bei Nacht.jpg{{!}}Concert Hall
| photo3b             = Badische Krone (1).JPG{{!}}Crown of Baden
| size                = 280
| spacing             = 2
| color               = #FFFFFF
| border              = 0}}
| image_caption       = Clockwise from top: [[Karlsruhe Palace]], ''Schlossplatz'', [[Crown of Baden]], ''Konzerthaus'', view over Karlsruhe 
| image_flag          = Flagge Karlsruhe.svg
| image_coa           = Coat of arms de-bw Karlsruhe.svg
| coordinates         = {{coord|49.00920970|8.40395140|format=dms|display=it}}
| state               = Baden-Württemberg
| region              = Karlsruhe
| district            = urban
| elevation           = 115
| area                = 173.46
| postal_code         = 76131–76229 <!-- keine Postfächer/Großempfänger -->
| area_code           = 0721
| licence             = KA
| Gemeindeschlüssel   = 08 2 12 000
| divisions           = 27 [[Quarter (country subdivision)|quarters]]
| website             = [https://www.karlsruhe.de/ karlsruhe.de]
| mayor               = [[Frank Mentrup]]<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-karlsruhe-2020/ Bürgermeisterwahl 2020], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 3 February 2022.</ref>
| leader_term         = 2020&ndash;28
| Bürgermeistertitel  = Oberbürgermeister
| party               = SPD
| year                = 1715
}}

'''Karlsruhe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑr|l|z|r|uː|ə}} {{respell|KARLZ|roo|ə}}; {{IPAc-en|USalso|ˈ|k|ɑːr|l|s|-}} {{respell|KARLSS|-}};<ref name="AHD">{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Karlsruhe|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190418115101/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Karlsruhe "Karlsruhe"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Karlsruhe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182504/https://www.lexico.com/definition/karlsruhe |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Karlsruhe |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Karlsruhe|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|de|ˈkaʁlsˌʁuːə|lang|De-Karlsruhe.ogg}}; [[South Franconian German|South Franconian]]: ''Kallsruh'') is the [[List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population|third-largest city]] of the [[States of Germany|German state]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]], after its capital [[Stuttgart]] and [[Mannheim]], and the [[List of cities in Germany by population|22nd-largest city]] in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Mannheim wieder zweitgrößte Stadt im Land - SWR Aktuell |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/mannheim-platz-zwei-baden-wuerttemberg-karlsruhe-100.html |access-date=2022-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613180627/https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/mannheim-platz-zwei-baden-wuerttemberg-karlsruhe-100.html |archive-date=2021-06-13 }}</ref> It is also a former capital of [[Baden]], a historic region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of [[Baden-Baden]]. Located on the right bank of the [[Rhine]] ([[Upper Rhine]]) near the French border, between the [[Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region|Mannheim-Ludwigshafen conurbation]] to the north and [[Strasbourg]] to the south, Karlsruhe is Germany's legal center, being home to the [[Federal Constitutional Court]], the [[Federal Court of Justice]] and the [[Public Prosecutor General (Germany)|Public Prosecutor General]].

Karlsruhe was the capital of the [[Margraviate of Baden-Durlach]] ([[Durlach]]: 1565–1718; Karlsruhe: 1718–1771), the [[Margraviate of Baden]] (1771–1803), the [[Electorate of Baden]] (1803–1806), the [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] (1806–1918), and the [[Republic of Baden]] (1918–1945). Its most remarkable building is [[Karlsruhe Palace]], which was built in 1715. It contains the [[Badisches Landesmuseum|Baden State Museum]], the large cultural, art and regional history museum of the Baden region of Baden-Württemberg. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]]. [[Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport]] is the second-busiest airport in Baden-Württemberg after [[Stuttgart Airport]], and the 17th-busiest airport in Germany.