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Karlsruhe Palace (german: Karlsruher Schloss) was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital, Durlach. The city of
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 Menorah (Hanukkah)
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
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
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Karlsruhe Palace (german: Karlsruher Schloss) was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital, Durlach. 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 German States of Germany, state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital o ...
has since grown around it. The building is now home to the main museum of the .
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 spokes on awheel
A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be ...
, or ribs on a folding fan, so that a nickname
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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, then had the palace altered by Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann (; 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 Revolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Euro ...
, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, was expelled in 1849 for some time. In 1918, the last monarch, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, 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 te ...
is now used as the Badisches Landesmuseum 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.
Gallery
See also
* List of Baroque residencesReferences
External links
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
* City wiki about Karlsruhe Palace {{authority control Palaces in Baden-Württemberg Royal residences in Baden-Württemberg Museums in Baden-Württemberg Ethnographic museums in Germany Museums of ancient Rome in Germany History museums in Germany Tourist attractions in Karlsruhe