Karlshöhe (Stuttgart)
 district of Stuttgart |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 '33 " N , 9 ° 10' 21" E |
| surface | 0.519 km² |
| Residents | 5425 (May 31, 2020) |
| Population density | 10,453 inhabitants / km² |
| Post Code | 70178 |
| prefix | 0711 |
| Borough | Stuttgart-South |
| Source: Data Compass Stuttgart (PDF) | |
The Karlshöhe , until 1889 Reinsburghügel , is 344.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in Stuttgart . It connects to the ridge of the Hasenberg , separated by a saddle, which protrudes from the west at the upper end of the Stuttgart basin and separates the valleys of Nesenbach with Stuttgart-South and Vogelsangbach with Stuttgart-West . The Karlshöhe rises above the bottom of the valley that is united on its east side by almost 100 meters. Your foot is only about 500 meters southwest of Stuttgart's old town.
Karlshöhe is also the name of the district in the Stuttgart-Süd district south of the Höhe .
Territorial character
Vineyards, gardens and public green spaces are located at the top, while the lower area is also partially built on on the south side. Despite various losses caused by the war, there are still magnificent villa complexes today, for example the architects Albert Eitel and Eugen Steigleder from the years 1910–11 for the Barons of Gemmingen- Hornberg with the Villa Gemmingen . Other upper-class houses from the turn of the century also pay their respects, such as the houses at Mörikestraße 5, 9, 24a, 24b and 34 built by the architects Ludwig Eisenlohr and Carl Weigle .
On the summit, from which there is a view of the city center, there is a garden restaurant with a viewing terrace and a children's playground on a small hilltop.
This hilltop, on which the not precisely proven Reinsburg stood in the Middle Ages, consists of reed sandstone (geologically: Stuttgart Formation ), which has been mined since the 14th century and used for buildings in Stuttgart. This created a depression in the center of the hill. In 1864/65, the Beautification Association Stuttgart acquired the areas of the top of the Reinsburg hill and designed it as a public park, integrating the former quarry. In 1889 the hill was renamed for the 25th anniversary of King Charles I's reign . For the Federal Horticultural Show in 1961 , the green areas on the eastern and northern slopes were used to create green entrances to Karlshöhe from the city center and from the west of Stuttgart.
Historical
The Beautification Association had 1,864 on the mountain a linden planted and Karl Linde baptized in memory of King Charles I . This is how the mountain got its name, which was previously known as the Reinsburg hill .
Later, the thoughts revolved around how one could "crown the mountain" itself. The project of the Reichsender Stuttgart was born quickly during the Nazi era. A building 160 meters long and 120 meters wide, comparable to the Acropolis in Athens , was to replace the Charlottenplatz , which had become too narrow . Although the planning was completed in 1940, the company was never realized due to the war. The later broadcaster SDR was able to “push” Karlshöhe by swapping the grounds of Villa Berg .
In 1953 - almost 100 years after it was built in 1856 - a ruined villa was demolished on Karlshöhe, which had burned out during the war in 1944. It was about the Villa Siegle , the factory owner Gustav von Siegle , whose origin can be traced back to the architect Adolf Gnauth . Together with the art historian Eduard von Paulus , the client looked for a model for his domicile on a trip to Italy and recognized the same in the Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo on Lake Como . The villa that followed was considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the city.
Lapidary
At the foot of Karlshöhe in Mörikestrasse is the Stuttgart City Lapidarium , in which the stone remains of old Stuttgart are collected. The stone collection essentially goes back to the historians Gustav Wais and Wilhelm Speidel, who separated and archived the pieces from the rubble of the war years.
literature
- Hartmut Ellrich: The historic Stuttgart. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-381-6 .
- Harald Schukraft: Karlshöhe, Villa Gemmingen and Lapidarium . In: Elisabeth Szymczyk-Eggert: Gardens and Parks in Stuttgart , Stuttgart 1993, pp. 48–53.