Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in

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. Stutensee Ev Kirche Blankenloch

It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort. 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 between

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 ...

and

Bruchsal Bruchsal (; orig. Bruohselle, Bruaselle, historically known in English as Bruxhall; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Brusel'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state ...

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 ...

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 group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Bez ...

fleeing religious persecution came from the north of France, and also by way of Belgium and Switzerland.

Notable people

* Axel Fischer, former member of the German parliament * 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 d ...

* Werner Raupp, historian and philosopher

Sport

One of the town's association football club FC Germania Friedrichstal, 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

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

References

{{Authority control Karlsruhe (district) 1975 establishments in West Germany