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Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in 
It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and
The Palace of Stutensee is the geographic center and namesake of the city. It was built in 1749 by the margrave of Baden, by the 1,000-year-old oak trees. Today an institution of the Landeswohlfahrtsverband is located here.
File:Blankenloch.png, Blankenloch as viewed from Turmberg in Karlsruhe-Durlach
File:Stutensee-Blankenloch Kerns Max Haus.JPG, Kerns-Max-House at Blankenloch
File:Stutensee-Blankenloch Hermannshaeusle und Kirche.JPG, "Hermannshäusle" and the Protestant Church (Michaeliskirche) at Blankenloch
File:Stutensee Blankenloch Katholische Kirche 20070521.jpg, Catholic Church at Blankenloch
File:Stutensee Blankenloch Altes Schulhaus 20070521.jpg, Old Schoolhouse at Blankenloch
File:Stutensee Blankenloch Bahnhof 20070521.jpg, Railway station at Blankenloch
File:Stutensee Blankenloch Rathaus 20070521.jpg, City Hall
File:Stutensee-Friedrichstal evang Kirche.JPG, Protestant Church at Friedrichstal
File:Stutensee-Spoeck evang Kirche.JPG, Protestant Church at Spöck
File:Stutensee-Staffort evang Kirche.JPG, Protestant Church at Staffort
File:Stutensee-Staffort Fachwerk.JPG, Timber framing houses at Staffort
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, Germany.
It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort Staffort is an old German village between Karlsruhe and Bruchsal - since 1975 the village is part of the town Stutensee which was created by joining together with Blankenloch, Friedrichstal and Spöck. Stutensee-Staffort has roughly 2000 inhabitants ...
. In the meantime it has become a lively city with more than 23,000 inhabitants.
Palace of Stutensee
The Palace of Stutensee is the geographic center and namesake of the city. It was built in 1749 by the margrave of Baden, by the 1,000-year-old oak trees. Today an institution of the Landeswohlfahrtsverband is located here.
Geography
The city is situated betweenKarlsruhe
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 Bruchsal
Bruchsal (; orig. Bruohselle, Bruaselle, historically known in English as Bruxhall; South Franconian: ''Brusel'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, ...
in the Upper Rhine
The Upper Rhine (german: Oberrhein ; french: Rhin Supérieur) is the section of the Rhine between Basel in Switzerland and Bingen in Germany, surrounded by the Upper Rhine Plain. The river is marked by Rhine-kilometres 170 to 529 (the sc ...
region and its altitude is .
History
Stutensee was founded on 1 January 1975 when the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort were combined into one municipality. All parts of the town are old villages. Spöck was first mentioned in official documents as Speccha in 865, Staffort 1110 as Stafphort, Blankenloch 1337 as Blankelach and Büchig 1373 as Buchech. Friedrichstal was founded in 1699.Huguenots
The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss politica ...
fleeing religious persecution came from the north of France, and also by way of Belgium and Switzerland.
Notable people
*Axel Fischer
Axel Eduard Fischer (born 5 May 1966) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU and has been a member of the German parliament from 1998 to October 2021, representing Karlsruhe-Land since 2002.
Early life and education
From 1989 until ...
, former member of the German parliament
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...
* Werner Fischer, former President of the University of Applied Sciences
A university of applied sciences (UAS), nowadays much less commonly called a polytechnic university or vocational university, is an institution of higher education and sometimes research that provides vocational education and grants academic de ...
in 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. ...
* Werner Raupp, historian and philosopher
Sport
One of the town's association football clubFC Germania Friedrichstal
The FC Germania Friedrichstal is a German association football club from Friedrichstal, Baden-Württemberg.
The club achieved its greatest success in 2014 when it earned promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for the first time.
History ...
, formed in 1913, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German footb ...
for the first time.
Literature
* * * * * * (About Hagsfeld, Blankenloch und Friedrichstal) * * * * * *Gallery
References
{{Authority control Karlsruhe (district) 1975 establishments in West Germany