Karlsruhe

Where did the name come from? Legend has it that Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach fell asleep during a hunting break in the Hardtwald forest around 1715. He dreamed of founding a city in the shape of a fan. And it was on the very spot where he had rested that he had the center of his new residential city built: the palace. 32 Roads and paths should – like a
fan
– from the castle and form the city center.

You should also not miss these sights when you are in Karlsruhe:

• the
  Karlsruhe Castle
  with its
  palace garden
  
• the
  Zooligischer Stadtgarten
  
• the
  Center for Art and Media
  – ZKM for short
• the
  Durlach old town
  
• the
  Turmbergbahn
  

For shopping, the
Kaiserstrasse
a well-known shopping boulevard, joins beautiful fan-shaped streets and special trendy streets in the city.

There’s something for everyone in Karlsruhe!