Category
History in Karlsruhe
Baroque, Neoclassicism and the Margraves
Attractions
City Centre West
Karlsruhe Palace
Baroque residential palace of the Margraves of Baden. The geometric heart of the fan-shaped city and Karlsruhe's defining landmark.
Free entry
City Centre West
Market Square with the Pyramid
A reddish sandstone pyramid serving as the tomb of city founder Karl Wilhelm. The neoclassical heart of the city.
Free entry
City Centre West
St Stephen's Church
A neoclassical rotunda by Friedrich Weinbrenner, modelled on the Pantheon in Rome.
Free entry
City Centre West
Protestant City Church
Friedrich Weinbrenner's neoclassical main church on the Market Square, with a columned portico in the classical tradition.
Free entry
City Centre West
Federal Constitutional Court
Guardian of the German constitution. A striking modernist building on Schlossplatz, freely accessible from the outside.
Free entry
Oststadt
Gottesaue Palace
A 16th-century Renaissance palace, today the University of Music with public concerts.
Free entry
Durlach
Karlsburg Durlach
A 16th-century margravial precursor palace. Today home to the Pfinzgau Museum and the Carpathian German Museum.
Free entry
Durlach
Pfinzgau Museum
A local history museum in the Karlsburg. The margraves' history, the town before 1715 and its industrial past.
Free entry
Durlach
Old Flour Scales Durlach
A medieval weights-and-measures building on the Saumarkt. One of the oldest surviving buildings in Durlach.
Free entry
Daxlanden
Karlsruhe Rhine Harbour
One of the largest inland ports in Germany. Industrial heritage, harbour cruises and Karlsruhe land-art spots.
Free entry
Restaurants
City Centre West
Oberlaender Weinstube
Karlsruhe's legendary top address for Baden cuisine since 1824. Classic regional cooking at the highest level.
City Centre West
Sein
Karlsruhe's first Michelin-starred restaurant. Modern, creative cuisine, tasting menus and clean architecture.
Suedstadt
Kesselhaus
Modern, seasonal cuisine in the former boiler house of the old slaughterhouse. Industrial-chic ambience.
Durlach
Klauprecht 1
A modern restaurant in the Hotel Der Blaue Reiter. Seasonal cuisine and an excellent wine list.
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Historische Architektur & Stadtführungen
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