Karlsruhe is the third largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, standing on the right bank of the Rhine between Mannheim-Ludwigshafen and Strasbourg near the French border. Margrave Charles III William founded the city in 1715 after a dispute with his previous capital, Durlach, and it went on to serve as capital of the Margraviate, Electorate, Grand Duchy and Republic of Baden through 1945. The city is known for a distinctive fan shaped plan, with 32 streets radiating outward from Karlsruhe Palace like the spokes of a wheel, earning it the nickname fan city, or Facherstadt. Today Karlsruhe functions as the legal center of Germany, home to the Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice, and its population stood at 308,436, making it the 22nd largest city in the country.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude49.016667 degrees north 1 In the Other Atlases
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The office of the Public Prosecutor General is located in Karlsruhe.
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1. Karlsruhe (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 309,247 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 49.016667, longitude 8.4
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 121 m
P2046 (area)
area 173.45 sq km
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inception 1715
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population 309247 (2025)
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Karlsruhe is the third-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants.
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On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north and Strasbourg to the south, Karlsruhe is Germany
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