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Friedrichstal (Stutensee)
Friedrichstal is a part of Stutensee in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. History Friedrichstal was founded by Huguenots from northern France, Belgium and Switzerland. The name Friedrichstal (''Fridericiana Vallis'') was given to the new settlement by Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, who had ceded the land and allowed the settlement. The village was established from 1699 on a section of cleared Hardtwald forest with the addition of parts of the Spöck municipality. The inhabitants of the village of Spöck were probably not very enthusiastic at first when the margrave agreed with the later mayor of Friedrichstal Jacques de Gorenflo that around 70 new settlers would initially be distributed among empty houses in Spöck. The vacancies had arisen during the previous wars, reducing the village population to around 20 people. Along the River Heglach, on the eastern edge of the Hardtwald, on the way from Spöck to Linkenheim, directly at the fork in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stutensee
Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort. In the meantime it has become a lively city with more than 23,000 inhabitants. Palace of Stutensee The Palace of Stutensee is the geographic center and namesake of the city. It was built in 1749 by Charles Margrave of Baden, by the 1,000-year-old oak trees. Today an institution of the Landeswohlfahrtsverband is located here. Geography The city is situated between Karlsruhe and Bruchsal in the Upper Rhine region and its altitude is . History Stutensee was founded on 1 January 1975 when the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort were combined into one municipality. All parts of the town are old villages. Spöck was first mentioned in official documents as Speccha in 865, Staffort 1110 as Stafphort, Blankenloch 1337 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldshafen
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is a municipality of almost 17,000 inhabitants located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Federal Republic of Germany. It lies about 12 km north of Karlsruhe and is the site of the northern campus of the research centre Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (with the former Forschungsreaktor 2 (FR2). In the west, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen borders on the Rhine River and in the east it is connected with the Bundesstraße 36. The two villages that make up the incorporated municipality evolved from medieval villages specializing in freshwater fishing and farming. Today, gravel extraction for construction purposes is important to the local economy, as is the cultivation of white asparagus (Spargel). Because of its location in the Rhine valley, hot humid summers are the norm for Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen. Numerous public beaches exist on the shores of artificial lakes that have been formed by extensive gravel extraction. Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
