Karlsruhe Palace () was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital,

Durlach Durlach is a district in Karlsruhe, Germany, with a population of roughly 30,000. The district is further divided into ''Alt-Durlach'', ''Dornwald-Untermühl'', ''Hanggebiet'', ''Bergwald'', ''Aue'', ''Lohn-Lissen'' and ''Killisfeld''. Histor ...

. The city of

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; 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 a ...

has since grown around it. The building is now home to the main museum of the

Badisches Landesmuseum The Baden State Museum () in Karlsruhe is the large cultural, art and regional history museum of the Baden (Land), Baden region of Baden-Württemberg . With its globally significant collections, representing more than 50,000 years of internationa ...

History

The first building was constructed by Jakob Friedrich von Batzendorf. The city was planned with the tower of the palace (''Schloss'') at the centre and 32 streets radiating out from it like

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on a

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, or ribs on a folding fan, so that a

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for Karlsruhe in German is the "fan city" (''Fächerstadt''). Originally partially made of wood, the palace had to be rebuilt in 1746, using stone. Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach at the time and who eventually became

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden Charles Frederick (22 November 1728 – 10 June 1811) was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death. Biography Born at Karlsruhe, he was the son of Hereditary Prince Fr ...

, then had the palace altered by

Balthasar Neumann Johann Balthasar Neumann (; c. 27 January 1687 – 19 August 1753), usually known as Balthasar Neumann, was a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Ita ...

and Friedrich von Kesslau until 1770, adding larger windows and doors, pavilions and wings. In 1785, Wilhelm Jeremias Müller shortened the tower, adding a cupola. During the

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Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden Leopold (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the Grand Duke of Baden, reigning until his death in 1852. Although a younger child, Leopold was the first son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by his second, morganatic wife, ...

, was expelled in 1849 for some time. In 1918, the last monarch,

Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden Frederick II (9 July 1857 – 9 August 1928; ) was the last sovereign Grand Duke of Baden, reigning from 1907 until the abolition of the Germany, German monarchies in 1918. The Weimar Republic, Weimar-era States of the Weimar Republic, state of ...

, had to move out. The former residence of the

rulers of Baden Baden was an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France, primarily consisting of territory along the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Alsace and the Palatinate. History The terr ...

is now used as the

Karlsruhe. Much of the city centre, including the palace, was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing during World War II but was quickly rebuilt after the war.

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File:Karlsruhe Schloss Drone front.jpg, Karlsruhe Palace, drone view from front Image:Karlsruhe_Schloss_See.jpg, Schlossgarten Image:Karlsruhe_Fasanengarten_Teehaeuschen.jpg, Chinese Tea huts Image:Karlsruhe-Schloss-meph666-2005-Feb-25-pic2.jpg, Front view (February 2005) Image:Karlsruhe Germany CastleByNight.jpg, The palace at night Image:Germany_Karlsruhe_Palace_Panorama.jpg, View from the townhall tower Image:Chanukka_Karlsruhe_3.jpg, The palace at night with

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Image:Christival Zug.jpg, The palace during a youth convention Image:Karlsruhe_palace_in_summer.jpg, The palace during the summer File:Karlsruhe Palace - Christmas illumination.jpg, The palace with Christmas illumination File:Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe Palace - 20170526210412.jpg, Two wheels in front of the palace during Heimattage celebrations in 2017

References

External links

Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
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