Linkenheim-Hochstetten () is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe,

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 ...

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. It is situated on the right bank of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

, 17 km north of

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. ...

. The towns of Linkenheim and Hochstetten merged their municipal governments 1975, newly elected

burgermeister Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...

(21.01.2007): Günther Johs. The town is served by routes S1 and S11 of the

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connections to neighbou ...

, which is operated by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft over the '' Hardtbahn''. Seven stops are served, at ''Linkenheim Süd'', ''Linkenheim Friedrichstrasse'', ''Linkenheim Rathaus'', ''Linkenheim Schulzentrum'', ''Hochstetten Grenzstrasse'', ''Hochstetten Altenheim'' and ''Hochstetten''.

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Karlsruhe (district) {{Karlsruhedistrict-geo-stub