The Stadtwiki Karlsruhe is a
city wiki
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of the German town
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
and its surroundings, which is the largest in the world.
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History
It was founded by the former pupil Hauke Löffler on 22 July 2004. The first version was running ; later the wiki was moved to MediaWiki
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.
It was mentioned by DPA and on German television (ZDF
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).
It is hosted by the voluntary association
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"Bildungsverein Region Karlsruhe e.V." (e.V. = Eingetragener Verein
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).
Content
The Stadtwiki Karlsruhe contains information on all topics that are related to Karlsruhe, it provides detailed information and links to geography, nature, history, politics, religion, education, culture, social affairs, sports, business and transport.
It also provides information on the subject of tourism and leisure destinations, gastronomy guide, clubs and venues, and acts specifically as a calendar of events.
The only relevant criterion is the reference to Karlsruhe.
In October 2008 the Stadtwiki for an English and a French edition was expanded, in September 2009 at a Russian edition.
There are over 22.000 articles and 15.000 pictures by over 3000 authors.
License
Content is availably under a Non-commercial
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Creative Commons license
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(by-nc-sa).
Notes
External links
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German version
* {{in lang, en}
English version
German online encyclopedias
Internet properties established in 2004
MediaWiki websites
Karlsruhe