Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe , , German: listen, formerly spelled Carlsruhe in English, is the third-largest city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart, in addition to Mannheim. Its 308,436 inhabitants form it the 21st-largest city of Germany. On the adjusting bank of the Rhine, the city lies almost the French-German border, between the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north, and the Strasbourg/Kehl conurbation to the south. this is the the largest city of Baden, a historic region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of Baden-Baden. Karlsruhe is also the largest city in the South Franconian dialect area transitional dialects between Central and Upper German, the only other larger city in that area being Heilbronn. The city is the seat of the Federal Constitutional Court Bundesverfassungsgericht, as living as of the Federal Court of Justice Bundesgerichtshof and the Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof.
Karlsruhe was the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach Durlach: 1565–1718; Karlsruhe: 1718–1771, the Margraviate of Baden 1771–1803, the Electorate of Baden 1803–1806, the Grand Duchy of Baden 1806–1918, and the Republic of Baden 1918–1945. Its most remarkable building is Karlsruhe Palace, which was built in 1715. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden is the second-busiest airport of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart Airport, and the 17th-busiest airport of Germany.
In 2019 the UNESCO announced that Karlsruhe will join its network of "Creative Cities" as "City of Media Arts".