Editing Karlsruhe (section)

===Justice===
[[File:Karlsruhe bundesverfassungsgericht.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]]]]
Karlsruhe is the seat of the German [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany|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 Germany|Baden]] and [[Württemberg]] were merged. [[Stuttgart]], capital of Württemberg, became the capital of the new province ([[Württemberg-Baden]] in 1945 and [[Baden-Württemberg]] in 1952). In compensation for the state authorities relocated to Stuttgart, Karlsruhe applied to become the seat of the high court.<ref>Stadt Karlsruhe Stadtarchiv (ed.): ''Karlsruhe. Die Stadtgeschichte.'' Badenia, Karlsruhe 1998, {{ISBN|3-7617-0353-8}}, p. 591–594</ref>