Linkenheim-Hochstetten () is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

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. It is situated on the right bank of the

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, 17 km north 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 ...

. The towns of Linkenheim and Hochstetten merged their municipal governments 1975. The mayor, re-elected on 29 January 2023, is Michael Möslang. The town is served by routes S1 and S11 of the

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining Karlsruhe trams, tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connec ...

, which is operated by the

Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft ''Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft'' ('Alb Valley Transport Company', AVG) is a railway company owned by the city of Karlsruhe that operates rail and bus services in the Karlsruhe area, southwest Germany. It is both a train operating company, as well ...

over the '' Hardtbahn''. Seven stops are served, at ''Linkenheim Süd'', ''Linkenheim Friedrichstrasse'', ''Linkenheim Rathaus'', ''Linkenheim Schulzentrum'', ''Hochstetten Grenzstrasse'', ''Hochstetten Altenheim'' and ''Hochstetten''.

Demographics

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References

Karlsruhe (district) {{Karlsruhedistrict-geo-stub