Karlsruhe is the third largest city after Stuttgart and Mannheim of Baden-Württemberg. It is about 20km from Bruchsal and located near the French-German border.
Founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, the surrounding town became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht) whose decisions have the force of a law, and the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court of appeals in matters of civil law and criminal law. It therefore considers itself the home of justice in Germany, a role taken over from Leipzig after 1933.
It is said[weasel words] to be model city for the cityscape of Washington D.C., due to similarities to the US capital city. Both cities have a center—in Karlsruhe the palace and in D.C. the Capitol Building—from which the streets lead away like sunrays.
Karlsruhe Palace (German: Karlsruher Schloss) was erected in 1715 by Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach, after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital, Durlach. The city of Karlsruhe has since grown around it.
We weren't allowed to take photos of the exhibition, but I can tell you, it was really interesting: Vom Minnesang zur Popakademie
But we took some photos of making music ourselves.
On this photo you can imagine the one street, that leads from the palace as center. There are many other streets built the same way around the palace as center.
Karl Friedrich, 1st Grand Duke of Baden (November 22, 1728 – June 10, 1811) was Margrave, elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1731 until his death.
There's a big building site in the road, which we just saw from the far.
Now I want to show you some photos on our way home. We passed a church and a castle, where the brewery Höpfner is located.
Here we see the Michaelsberg with its nice chapel. I will go there soon, I promise.
The houses belong to Büchenau, one of Bruchsal's suburbs.