Karlsbad (;
South Franconian
South Franconian (german: Südfränkisch) or South Rhine Franconian (german: Südrheinfränkisch) is an Upper German dialect which is spoken in the northernmost part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, around Karlsruhe, Mosbach and Heilbronn. Lik ...
: ''Kallsbad'') is a
municipality in the
district of Karlsruhe, in
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany.
Geography and history
The municipality is situated on the Alb-Pfinz Plateau in the northern
Black Forest, 8 km east-southeast of
Ettlingen, 13 km southeast of
Karlsruhe, and 15 km west of
Pforzheim.
Constituent villages
The municipality of Karlsbad consists of 5 previously independent single-village municipalities united by the municipality reform in 1971:
Langensteinbach
Auerbach
Mutschelbach
Spielberg
Ittersbach
Neighbours
Karlsruhe
In the north Karlsbad borders to
Karlsruhe and its neighbourhoods
Stupferich and
Palmbach. Both of these neighbourhoods form part of a group of neighbourhood known as Karlsruhe's Bergdörfer (''mountain villages''). Most of Karlsruhe is situated within the
Upper Rhine Plain, not so the Bergdörfer: They are situated on the mountains of the northern
Black Forest and the western
Kraichgau. They share the
autobahn exit Karlsbad, situated within their borders, with their neighbour municipality and are connected with it through the
Landesstraßen L609 and L623.
* Stupferich
The village
Stupferich is a southeastern neighbourhood of
Karlsruhe. Until it was integrated into the city of Karlsruhe in 1972 it was an independent municipality. In 2000 the village celebrated its 900th anniversary. In December 2011 it had about 2,650 inhabitants.
* Palmbach
The village
Palmbach is an eastern neighbourhood of
Karlsruhe. Until it was integrated into the city of Karlsruhe in 1975 it formed part of the municipality Wetterbsbach composed of the villages
Palmbach and
Grünwettersbach. Palmbach was founded in 1701 by 28
Waldensian refugee families consisting of 111 people from
La Balme in the
French Alps on an area of 306
acre
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s belonging to
Grünwettersbach. They called their settlement ''La Balme'', just like the place, they came from, which turned into the village's current name still during the 18th century. In March 2012 Palmbach had about 1,800 inhabitants.
Waldbronn
The western frontier of Karlsbad leads to
Waldbronn
Waldbronn is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, southeast of Karlsruhe.
Geography
Waldbronn is located at the border of the Alb-Pfinz-Plateau in the valley ...
, a municipality in the
district of Karlsruhe at the borders of the Alb-Pfinz Plateau and within the
Alb
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Valley with some 12,500 inhabitants. Just like Karlsbad, this municipality is also product of the municipality reform in
Baden-Württemberg. Its current constituent villages and former independent municipalities joined the former single-village municipality Reichenbach:
* Etzenrot and Neurod (joined in 1971)
* Busenbach (joined in 1972)
In 1974 the enlarged municipality Reichenbach was renamed and received the name ''Waldbronn''
Marxzell
The southwestern frontier of Karlsbad borders to
Marxzell, a municipality in the
district of Karlsruhe with about 5,300 inhabitants (as of December 2011) consisting of the former independent municipalities
* Burbach:
Burbach, Marxzell (also part of the other two former municipalities], Metzlinschwander Hof and the houses Fischweier and Weimersmühle.
* Pfaffenrot:
Pfaffenrot and Gertrudenhof
* Schielberg:
Schielberg, "Bergschmiede, Hotel", Schlotterhof, Steinhäusle and Frauenalb
Remchingen
The municipality
Remchingen in the
Enz district borders to Karlsbad on the northeastern frontier of the last-mentioned. It is located within the
Pfinz
The Pfinz is a right tributary of the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg. Its origin is located at the northern edge of the Black Forest near the Straubenhardt borough of Pfinzweiler. Near Durlach it enters the Upper Rhine Plain and continues, splittin ...
Valley, counts about 12,000 inhabitants and consists of the following former municipalities:
* Nöttingen (bordering to Auerbach),
* Wilferdingen
* Singen
Historic ties between Karlsbad and Remchingen become obvious comparing the coats of arms of the former municipalities. The flowers on Mutschelbach's coat of arms are quite similar to those of all three parts of Remchingen.
File:Wappen Noettingen.png,
File:Wappen Wilferdingen.png,
File:Wappen Remchingen-Singen.png,
In addition, in both Nöttingen and Auerbach remains of
Roman settlements have been found that can be dated back to circa 80 A.D.
Keltern
To the east of Karlsbad borders
Keltern, a municipality within the
Enz district with approximately 9,000 inhabitants. It consists of the following villages:
* Dietenhausen
* Ellmendingen
* Weiler
* Dietenhausen
* Niebelsbach
Straubenhardt
This municipality is located southeast of Karlsbad.
Straubenhardt forms part of the
Enz district with a total of approximately 11,000 inhabitants and is made up of the following previously independent municipalities:
* Conweiler
* Feldrennach
* Pfinzweiler
* Langenalb
* Ottenhausen
* Schwann
Politics
Coat of arms
Municipal partnership
Karlsbad is a municipal partner of the following towns and municipalities:
*
Heldrungen,
Kyffhäuserkreis en
Thuringia,
*
Hüttau,
Salzburg (state) ()
Infrastructure
Karlsbad can be accessed via the road or by train.
Baden Airpark, the closest international airport, is situated at a straight-line distance of about 34 kilometers.
Railway
Langensteinbach, Spielberg and Ittersbach are all connected to each other and to the cities of
Karlsruhe and
Ettlingen among others by the
Busenbach–Ittersbach branch of the
Alb Valley Railway (''Albtalbahn''), an electric railway that forms part of the
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. Ittersbach is the terminus of the branch, which operates as line S 11.
Buses connect Auerbach an Mutschelbach to the mentioned railway through the train stops in Langensteinbach.
Additional public transport
In addition to the mentioned railway, six bus lines circulate in, to and from Karlsbad:
* KVV Line 153: Langensteinbach - Auerbach - Langensteinbach
* KVV Line 152: Langensteinbach - Mutschelbach - Langensteinbach
* KVV Line 118: Langensteinbach - Mutschelbach - Stupferich - Palmbach - Grünwettersbach (school days only)
* VPE Line 717 (708): Ittersbach -
Pforzheim
* VPE Line 720: Ittersbach -
Pforzheim
* VPE Line 721: Langensteinbach - Auerbach - Ellmendingen -
Pforzheim
Road network
Other main roads crossing Karlsbad are the following
Landesstraßen:
* L562
* L563
* L564 (Albtalstraße, Alb Valley Road)
* L609
* L622
* L623
In former times especially Langensteinbach had serious traffic problems caused by several complicated road junctions controlled by traffic lights. The problem led to an interesting solution. Today Langensteinbach counts with two double roundabouts relieving the traffic conditions.
Culture and sights
Celebrities closely linked to Karlsbad
*
Fritz Rau, * 1930-2013 German concert and tour promoter and son of a smith from Ittersbach
*
Horst Floth, 1934–2005, bobsleigh pilot
*
Hans Brydniak, * 1937, German national basketball player
*
Werner Hahn, * 1944, Painter
*
Jens Nowotny, * 1974, until 1985
SV Spielberg
The SV Spielberg is a German association football club from the suburb of Spielberg, Karlsbad, Baden-Württemberg. In 2014–15, the club had its most successful season ever, earning promotion to the tier-four Regionalliga Südwest after a lea ...
, former
DFB national football player
*
David Depenau, * 1970, German author, writer and hotelier
Historic buildings and structures
* Former town hall in Karlsbad-Spielberg
* Classical Protestant church in Karlsbad-Langensteinbach designed by
Karl August Schwarz in
Friedrich Weinbrenner-like style
* Ruins of the Saint Barbara chapel in Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, a chapel which can be dated back to 1330 AD.
* Ruins of the tower castle ''Burg Langensteinbach'' also called ''Römerturm'' (Roman tower), the remains of the former hill castle on site between 1100 and 1200 AD.
Spielberg Rathaus.JPG,
Langensteinbach - Kirche im Weinbrenner-Stil.jpg,
St Barbara Ruine.jpg,
Burgruine-Langensteinbach.jpg,
Economy
Companies based in Karlsbad
*
Nero AG, formerly known as ''Ahead Software GmbH'' is known around the globe for its DVD and CD-burning software featuring the same name. It is located in Karlsbad-Ittersbach
*
Harman Becker Automotive Systems is an important manufacturer of automotive audio, video and navigation systems located in Karlsbad-Ittersbach at the plant of the former ''Becker GmbH'' and in
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develops and produces
Across Language Server
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, a leading CAT (computer-aided translation) tool besides and competing with
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of the Nero AG already mentioned above. The company is located in
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and Karlsbad-Ittersbach with its headquarters at the latter one.
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VANTAGE Digital GmbH was founded in 2004 is a producer of electronic audio and video entertainment products especially for
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Karlsbad or
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*Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
*Carlsbad, Texas, United States
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(previously known as Karlsbad) in the
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Carlsbad, California
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, of America
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Carlsbad, Texas, of America
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References
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