Südweststadt (Karlsruhe)

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Coat of arms of the city of Karlsruhe
Coat of arms of the Südweststadt district
Southwest town
District of the city of Karlsruhe
Location of Südweststadt in Karlsruhe
Basic data
Geographer. location   49 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  E
height   114-124 m above sea level NN
surface   2.97 km²
Residents   19,981 (as of June 30, 2014)
Population density   6,728 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes   76133, 76135, 76137
prefix   0721
Transport links
Federal road   B10
Regional train   R 2 R 4 R 5 R 51 R 92
Train   S 3
Light rail   S 1 S 11 S 31 S 32 S 4 S 41 S 5 S 51 S 52
tram   1 2 3 4 5 6
Bus routes   10 44 47 50 55 62
Night traffic   NL5


The south-west of Karlsruhe is a district that lies between Kriegsstrasse , the main train station , the Stadtgarten and the Beiertheimer Feld.

The area of ​​today's southwest town used to belong to Beiertheim . It was only when industry settled in the south-west of the city and the area began to be developed in 1860 that the district began to take shape. In 1895 the citizens' association Südweststadt was founded to represent the interests of the residents. During the First World War, the Karlsruhe industrial works (arms and ammunition factory) also settled in the area of ​​the south-west town, the building of which is now used by the Center for Art and Media Technology , among others . Since the south-west town was initially designated as an industrial area and many industrial companies had settled, the nickname of the south-west townspeople is still "factory workers" today.

Most of the buildings in Südweststadt were built between 1900 and 1930, such as the castle hotel .

Today the center for art and media technology (ZKM), the Günther-Klotz-Anlage (park) and at the eastern end of the city ​​garden are located in the south-west of the city . The St. Vincentius Clinics and the Europahalle are also located in the south-west of the city.

  • Günther Klotz plant

  • Center for Art and Media Technology

  • Entrance to the city garden with zoo

  • Europahalle

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karlsruhe: Origin Südweststadt ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the city of Karlsruhe, as of February 14, 2008, accessed on January 19, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.karlsruhe.de
  2. ^ Richard Deiss: Hibbdebach to dribbdebach: 222 district names and clichés from Applebeach to Zigzaghausen. 2010, ISBN 9783839110225 , p. 43.
  3. ↑ David Depenau: From Jackdaws and Blackbuckles. 2001, ISBN 9783831107216 , p. 41.

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