Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.

Institutions

Karlsruhe is the seat of the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) and the highest Court of Appeals in civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof. The court came to Karlsruhe when the provinces of Baden and Württemberg were merged. Stuttgart, capital of Württemberg, became the capital of the new province, and Karlsruhe was given the high court in a compromise.

Related Topics:
Federal Constitutional Court - Court of Appeals - Bundesgerichtshof - Baden - Württemberg - Stuttgart

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The Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (University of Karlsruhe) is the oldest technical university in Germany and a well known research and study centre.

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The Technologieregion Karlsruhe is a loose confederation of the region's cities in order to promote high tech industries; today, about 20% of the region's jobs are in Research and Development which gives a good basis for high tech.

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In 1999 the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Centre for Art and Media) was opened. Within a short time it built up a worldwide reputation as a cultural institution. Linking new media theory and practice, the ZKM is located in a former weapons factory among the institues integrated under ZKM are the State Academy for Design (whose president is philosopher Peter Sloterdijk), the Museum for Contemporary Art.

Related Topics:
1999 - ZKM - State Academy for Design - Peter Sloterdijk

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