Carl was a local aristocrat with a palace in Durlach. One day he went hunting in his forest on his own. After a while he sat down under a tree and fell asleep. While sleeping he had a dream about building a palace (and a city with it) with all roads leading from (or to) the palace like the rays of the sun. And when he woke up he didn't forget about his dream, but put it into reality by building a palace at the very same place he had rested. Karlsruhe literally means Karl's rest. We call it the fan city and it was the role model for Washington DC.
there is also the version that the wife of him lost her fan in the woods and when he went looking for it he had that dream, but in reality he probably just wanted to recreate the palace of Versaille.
We also call it "Sonnenstadt" (suncity), because of this dream and the way it is built. In school we also learned, that this is probably the reason, why the castle is yellow
@@LucyHeartfilia-d9w the streets resemble the rays of the sun, yes. But no one calls Karlsruhe "Sonnenstadt". The rays only go southwards hence it looks like a fan and hence it's called "Fächerstadt". I'm 48yrs of age and lived here for basically all my life and today is the 1st time I've ever heard that term, which speaks volumes imho.
@@ThomasMai-m3m I was born in karlsruhe too and lived here all my live. Sonnenstadt is not as often as Fächerstadt, but it's another, rare nickname. I havn't heard or read it for years, but it exists. I heard it more often in the past
13:40 These are not ducks, these are Cuban flamingos from the Karlsruhe Zoo 14:00 The boats in the zoo are gondolas that were installed on the lake for the Federal Garden Show in 1967. They run without propulsion on a guide rope under water, which pulls the boats. The same year, the castle garden railway was installed in the castle garden. On some days, a steam locomotive also runs there. 14:08 Karl Schnetzler was mayor of the city of Karlsruhe from 1875 to 1906. One of the gargoyles of the Stephanienbrunnen in Karlsruhe is a portrait of Schnetzler. The monument in Bahnhofstrasse near the zoo that you discovered was created about a decade after his death. 15:15 The "little elephants" are Asian elephants, which are smaller than the African elephants. All elephants in Karlsruhe Zoo are very old. The zoo takes care of animals in the "old animal's residence" 19:33 The entrance fee for the zoo is 13 euros + (optional) 1 euro as a donation for species conservation. 22:45 The Constitutional Column was built from 1822 to 1827 according to designs by Friedrich Weinbrenner. It is 7.80 meters high. Karlsruhe is still written with a C there before it was changed to a K in the Orthographic Conference of 1901. Margrave Karl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach allegedly wanted to find peace in the Carols-Ruhe (Carol's Rest) pleasure palace, built in 1715. The new residential city of Baden, today's Karlsruhe, developed from the surrounding court settlement. The monument was not originally intended to be dedicated to Grand Duke Karl, but to serve as a symbol of Baden's power. The original plan was to engrave the distance of various Baden cities from Karlsruhe on the column. As Karl Ludwig of Baden's successor was an opponent of the constitution, it was not until 1832, after his death, that an image of the Grand Duke and the text "CARL / GRAND DUKE OF BADEN" were added to the front and "TO THE FOUNDER OF THE / CONSTITUTION / THE GRATEFUL CITY / CARLSRUHE" on the back.The monument has since been dedicated to Grand Duke Karl, who once signed the Baden Constitution, one of the most liberal of its time. 23:03 The Margravial Palace was also built by the architect Friedrich Weinbrenner between 1803 and 1814. Grand Duke Karl Friedrich had it built for the sons of his second wife, the (unpopular among the people) Countess Luise Karoline von Hochberg. The palace was largely destroyed in the first major air raid on Karlsruhe on September 3, 1942. All that remains is the classicist façade. 26:52 The pyramid is the landmark of the city of Karlsruhe. Under the pyramid is the crypt of the Concordia Church, which was demolished in 1807 and in which the founder and namesake of the city, Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach (1679-1738), is buried. From 1823 to 1825, the provisional wooden pyramid was replaced by the stone pyramid on the orders of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden. There is even a legend about this pyramid: When a Prussian general visited Karlsruhe, he was shown the city. As he passed the palace, the general remarked that "Sanssouci Palace is much bigger." He continued on to the town hall, where he again remarked that "Berlin's town hall is much bigger." When they reached the pyramid, they told him that this was the largest pyramid in the world. When the general asked how this could be, he received the answer: Due to space constraints, most of the pyramid had to be buried and only the top was left visible. 29:55 After the Second World War, the French and American occupiers divided the southwest into three parts. But the constitution of the state of Württemberg-Baden in 1946 already provided for a merger of the states. The Basic Law also contained a separate article on the question of the southwest state. At the end of 1951, the citizens then decided on a joint federal state. Baden-Württemberg is the only federal state that was created by referendum. In 1952, the states of Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged to form a single southwest state, today's Baden-Württemberg. But since the people of Karlsruhe are still proud to be "Badeners", the Baden flag in yellow-red-yellow still flies over Karlsruhe Palace. Fun fact: During an exhibition on the topic of "Revolution", a completely red flag flew briefly over the palace. Someone asked whether that was allowed, since state buildings must be flagged with the state flag. It was then determined that the Baden flag should not be allowed to fly there either, as it was not the official state flag of Baden-Württemberg. In order to spare the people of Karlsruhe the offence, the flag regulations for the castle in which the Baden State Museum is located were deliberately changed so that the Baden flag could continue to fly there. 30:44 On September 27, 1944, the Karlsruhe Palace burned down after a bombing raid during World War II and was rebuilt in 1952. The reconstruction was completed in 1966 with the ceremonial inauguration of the newly established museum. Although the baroque facade was restored in great detail, the interior of the palace was designed as a contemporary museum. 32:26 In 2001, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Karlsruhe ceramics manufacturer Majolika, a blue stripe was built in the middle of the castle gardens, which forms a path from the castle tower to the factory. The stripe is made up of 1,645 blue ceramic tiles. 35:50 The parish church of St. Stephan is a classicist Roman Catholic church building, and of course the architect here was again Friedrich Weinbrenner. The church was built between 1808 and 1814. Originally, the central building of St. Stephan included four buildings on the corners. Two buildings were built by 1850, these were the school and the rectory, and they were destroyed in the air raids in the Second World War. 39:16 France is 16 km Airline distance (to Lauterbourg)
Connor, your German order in this bakery was PERFECT!!! Sure, everyone hears where you come from, but the words and their sequence, the grammatical order, the emphasis.....indeed perfect.😊
As a Karlsruhe resident, I can recommend the ZKM Media Art Museum. It is unique and the reason why Karlsruhe is a Unesco City of Media Arts. The museum was built in the building complex of one of the largest munitions factories of the First World War. The Wildpark (stadium) should of course not be missed and must be on your list of places to visit. Paul Revere Village, the former American quarter of the US Army, can also be interesting with all the old American facilities. However, you should have someone with you who knows their way around. A visit to Karlsruhe Palace is most likely worthwhile for the view of the fan-shaped structure of Karlsruhe's urban architecture. Numerous streets radiate away from the palace and look like a fan from above! Ettlingen is of course also beautiful! There is so much to see here, especially with some historical context! PS: Karlsruhe is also home to the most important german court...^^
Yes, as a local I can totally agree on that. I hoped that he would go to the ZKM when he was close there. The court would have been close by. The "Günter Klotz Anlage" would be cool, but also just another massive Park. A look at a city map where you can see the "Sun-shape" would have also been worth a considering. Durlach (with the mentioned Turmberg) would have been worth a visit, but I don't know how cool the Turmberg is on a video.
I lived in Karlsruhe for about 10 years and it's wonderful city to live in - except during hot days in summer. It gets incredibly hot with high humidity usually. But during all other seasons it's really beautiful. The main railway station is remarkable because it is one of the first ones with a concrete roof in the shape of half of a barrel. Originally the main railway station was closer to the palace - almost halfway between the current one and the palace, so near the crossroads near Media-Markt and the mall where you've been filming. The zoo is much smaller than the one in Stuttgart but it's a really nice park right in the middle of the city. Karlsruhe has a number of museums of art, history and natural history. Apart from the technical university KIT, a polytechnical academy and an academy for teachers there's an academy of music and an academy of art and media. The latter one has an interesting exhibition area and is located in a former industrial building a bit outside of the central city area. Karlsruhe is famous for it's public transport system, particularly the tramway system which is partly underground. During the last 4 decades it has grown to connect Karlsruhe with many neighbouring towns like Rastatt, Baden-Baden, Graben-Neudorf (halfway to Mannheim), Pforzheim (halfway to Stuttgart), Bretten, Heilbronn, Ettlingen and Bad Herrenalb deep in the Black Forrest. You can even go to Hagenau and Wissembourg in Alsace/France, to Wörth and Bad Bergzabern in Palatinate (the Bundesland west of Baden-Württemberg). Durlach - the original residence of the dukes and grand-dukes of Baden - is part of Karlsruhe now. However it's significantly older than Karlsruhe. It's located at the foot of the Turmberg mountain. There's another park located a bit outside of the central city along the river Alb: die Günter-Klotz-Anlage. It's the location of a very nice music festival in early summer. Its specialty: there's a little mountain. Between that mountain and the river Alb there's a meadow large enough to provide space for a stage and dancing area. Sitting on that mountain looking at the stage you're looking to the west. I've had some of the most fascinating concert moments watching some gigs in the evening during sunset - some in violent rain and thunderstorms freaking out right above me but a clear sky near the horizon - that experience is almost impossible to describe. It must suffice to say that nobody left the scene and the bands often continued to play watching people continuing to dance in ponds of water and mud right in front of the stage. I don't know if those things are still existing but Jazz Club Karlsruhe, Kulturverein Tollhaus, youth club Jubez and a few others were organizing many interesting events and concerts during my time in Karlsruhe. I really hope that they're there still - they made Karlsruhe often a great place to be. North and south of Karlsruhe there are beautiful landscapes along the river Rhine - marvellous for hiking and cycling. However, there a bit of a problem with stinging beasts like gnats and gadflies. Karlsruhe was a wonderful place for shopping. However it was there that I could experience what an economic recession can do to businesses and a city. Meanwhile a few more crises have hit and I know that a lot has changed there. Several of my favourite shops have disappeared, particularly book shops. In that regard Karlsruhe is certainly facing the same challenges of many other cities. However it seems to have many shops still. And nice cafes and restaurants too.
Karlsruhe doesn't really have a well preserved old town center due to destruction during WWII, however, there's a district in Karlsruhe called Durlach which is actually older than Karlsruhe itself and has a very beautiful and well preserved old town style center. There's also a viewpoint in Durlach called Turmberg with gorgeous views (especially at sunset in late summer ;)). You can either hike up there using the stairs (including nice views of vineyards) or take the Turmbergbahn. Some other cool/pretty spots in Karlsruhe are City Park, Südstadt, Südweststadt (around ZKM), Oststadt, Rheinhafen and Günther-Klotz-Anlage. There's also a pretty botanical garden close to where you were in the park behind the castle. And additionally to that, I'd say the Schlossgartenbahn you can see at minute 34:00 is also totally worth checking out ;)
... In 1788, a relatively unknown tourist ( ;-P ) from the then USA came to Karlsruhe. His Name was Thomas Jefferson (before he became US president), and he made drawings of the city because he liked the layout of the "Fächerstadt" and used the design for a city in the USA ... Washington DC. Karlsruhe actually served as a blueprint for the capital of the USA.
Moin aus Niedersachsen! Richtig interessantes Video. Ich war selber noch nie in Kalsruhe, deshalb bin ich dankbar für deine Einblicke. Ich bekomme immer ein Lächeln im Gesicht, wenn ich sehe, dass du unsere Kultur und unser Land so wertschätzt. Man lernt die Republik nochmal von einer neuen Seite kennen, durch deine Perspektive! Also: Wirklich vielen Dank für deine ganzen bodenständigen, ehrlichen Videos :)
@@FelixFuchsHase1105 Ich wohn grad mal 25km weit entfernt von Ettlingen, bin schon zig Mal durchgefahren, hab hunderte Male die Autobahn Aus- und Abfahrt benutzt... Und trotzdem war ich noch nie "richtig" dort! Zeit das zu ändern
Oh, you just missed the light show, where the whole castle is projected with different shows from artists around the world, with sound and spotlights and all, all evening long. It's always around the same time of the year, from 15th August to 15th September every night. And it's free. It's so unbelievable that I can't believe it. It's just there for everyone to come and chill and watch the spectacle on the castle.
Hello Conner, the special thing about Karlsruhe is that it was planned precisely, the streets and paths are arranged symmetrically (fan-shaped). And this has been the case since the year of its foundation in 1715. This is best seen from a bird's eye view. It is therefore similar to Washington DC ;-)), although Karlsruhe is a little older, but very young by German and European standards ;-))
Hello Conner, if you come again to Karlsruhe, tell me. If I have time I will show you around! There are more nice spots: Schloss Gottesaue, Alter Schlachthof, Durlach, Ettlingen, Botanischer Garten, the area around Haydnplatz, etc.
Fun fact about Karlsruhe. It's called the Fächerstadt, bc in the city center, the main streets all point towards the residency of the king. Just like a fan (Fächer).
Yes, unfortunately I didn't see everything. Another "Carl" was born in Karlsruhe, namely Carl Benz, the inventor of the car. His monument is in Mühlberg and at the Technical University. Then we have a mint, the two highest courts in Germany and the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe. Why? Germany is a decentralized state, the authorities are spread across the whole country and that's a good thing. Karlsruhe has a lot to offer, it's impossible to explain everything, you'll never get bored here. I would even open a company headquarters here if I had to choose. Everything a company needs is here. Best wishes, Fabian😊
Karlsruhe is a baroque planned city and actually a young town for german conditions because it was built in 1715 and this is why you wont find any medival buildings there. Did you know that Thomas Jefferson visited Karlsruhe and used the city as architectural model for Washingtons DC.? If you would like to come back to Karlsruhe, I could show you some nice places as I'm living there.😊
If you are looking for the Altstadt you have to visit Durlach nearby. It's the "mother" of Karlsruhe, and much older. And Schloss Favorite (small palace) in Rastatt is an old enchanted fairytale place. Nice to have you here, Conner . Welcome. 🤗
Karlsruhe was founded by the Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach. More than 300 years ago, on a drizzly day in 1715, Karl is said to have taken a nap where the castle is now located. A special nap that was later called “Karl's Ruhe” (Karl's moment of rest) and became the namesake of the city.
omg this is my hometown and 23:00 is like 1 minute away from my home!! I even recognized the Starbucks barista - crazy you finally went to Karlsruhe haha
Please include the animals!!! They are earthlings as well and imho they need rights, too. Just according to them being endowed with feelings like pain, fear and love towards their progeny. That is all you need to deserve rights!!! As we easily can feed ourselves just from plants, it is our moral duty to cause no suffering, when it is not necessary. Please educate yourself about veganism for the treatment of the animals is the biggest ethical emergency that ever happened on earth, when it comes to numbers of victims. Please #govegan and do not harm others, let them live in peace. As an old German saying is like "Was Du nicht willst, das man Dir tu, das füg' auch keinem anderen zu." What you don't want someone to do to you, don't do it to anyone else. Isn't it simple?
As someone living in Karlsruhe, let me say that it is a nice enough place, but the nicest thing about Karlsruhe ist the "Pfalz" (a mountain range just on the other side of the Rhine river). You may want to go there for hiking, finishing your day with "Neuer Wein" (i.e. newly fermented grape juice -- I recommend the red rather than the white) and Flammkuchen. I recommend Klingenmünster for that endeavor. If you are feeling adventurous, you can take a 3 day hike there along one of the German St. James ways, starting in Speyer (itself well worth a visit). This would be the "Pfälzer Jakobsweg" -- you can then follow the signs all the way to Santiago de Compostela in North-Western Spain, if you want, as people have done for a thousand years :-) There is also the "Badischer Jakobsweg", which leads through part of Karlsruhe, as well as Ettlingen. Karlsruhe itself is relatively new and was artificially constructed in 1715, starting from a hunting lodge. Today's significance inside of Germany comes from the different high courts located here, including the Constitutional Court (right next to the castle). For an impression of what was here before today's Karlsruhe, have a look at Karlsruhe Durlach, which is where Karlsruhe originated from. This part of Karlsruhe is far older. The university of Karlsruhe (part of it is also next to the castle) is also worth a visit, if you catch one of the open days. It is considered to be one of the German "excellence" universities, under the name of "KIT" ("Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"). You can find the best ice cream of the region in Eggenstein Leopoldshafen ("La Veneta" -- about 12 km north of Karlsruhe center). Hiking or cycling there through the Hardtwald is worth it in the summer time. You will also find a number of disused "quarry ponds" there, which are today used for recreational purposes. Some of them are supplied by fresh water filtered by the gravel in the Rhine valley, so you will get very clear water there, really nice for a swim if it is hot. Have fun!
The video everybody was waiting for years 😊... Glad you're taking the time to visit the opponent city and the people there since your great KSC-VfB-Football video years ago. ... You'll find normal friendly people everywhere. PS.: Love your spontanious style of making videos without planing and just expoloring. 🙂👍
Hey Conner! I love the idea of reviews to the trips you did in the past without ever posting them on YT. It would be interesting to hear what you thought at that time and how you regard it today, after "being a bit older". And please don't worry about the times you didn't release much stuff here - there is a time for everything. Being very active needs the change to being less active and so on. Life happens in waves, in ups and downs, it isn't a long, steady line. Travelling without a plan makes absolute sense to me! (My first "solo travel" happened when I was 18. I booked a one week trip to London, travelling on my own for the first time in my life. All I planned was the direction I wanted to take for that day. E.g.: Heading to Hyde Park today. I did it all by foot and followed my feelings, and it was awesome. I explored a lot of very unique places which were not very touristy next to the "big ones". As taxis were very cheap back then, at the end of the day, when I was tired, I took one back to the hotel. I was not "driven by a plan" but "by feeling and trust". And it was so so great to do it that way! (Edit: The vibes of a city........ well I guess I know what you mean, and I call it "The soul of a City". Each and every city has one, and they're all unique. And because of that, there are cities we love and maybe some we hate. Depending on finding a "soul companion city" or not. )
Hi Connor , K was born and raised in Karlsruhe the first nine years of my life. I used to live exactly in the Südstadt where you walked by, close to one of the entrances at Stadtgarten. I spent every day in tvere with my friends after school, we were roaming the whole place 😂We were free to do whatever we wanted, that’s my most important memory. Karlsruhe is such a beautiful town with Countless possibilities to spend time. Beautiful parks, public pools like Rappenwörth, close to France, so much. The architecture, beautiful old buildings, everything. I still have it in my heart and always will. ❤
Karlsruhe, like many other cities in southern Germany, once had a sizable America presence with the Army and Air Force… just down the autobahn from my beloved Heidelberg ❤
If you are in Karlsruhe already, you definately have to give my hometown Baden-Baden (30min by train) a huge visit :) The city became Unesco World Heritage in the last years.
You should definitely go visit the stadium in Karlsruhe to see a match, the atmosphere is great there! Just make sure you don't wear anything VfB Stuttgart related 😉
@conner: Karlsruhe, my hometown, born, raised, living there with my wife and 3 kids. KSC and Hertha have a deepgoing fan friendship with sharing of supporters depending on whats going on. You might already know about the history of Karlsruhe, the castle was originaly thought from Carl to be like in the center of a sun (like the castel from the Sun-king of France) meaning all the beams roads get away in any direction. But the city was build southward from the east-west beam and the north was kept as forrest for recreational purpose for Carls people. So the shape from the air formed like a handheld fan - Fächer. Thats why Karlsruhe now is known as the Fächerstadt. Nowadays Karlsruhe hosts the 2 highest courts in Germany, the federal court (Bundesgerichtshof) and the constitutional court (Verfassungsgericht). So from that point quite dry official city. But the first Email ever was sent from here, so to say a huge step for the internet was created here. There´s a company named 'United Internet' which has their servers here. Hightech industry have their labs here at the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) - our university.
Hi Connor, great video! It's nice to see someone discover ones hometown on the fly, with a set of completely fresh eyes! Should you come back for a second video I would recommend going to "Durlach"(the original residence of Karl and now one part of Karlsruhe that is older than the town center). You might also be interested in the former army base in the "Nordstadt" where American streets and names like "Marylandschule" remain. Other points of interest could be the Turmberg (in Durlach), for the best view of the entire city, Schloss Gottesaue (would be on the way between town center and Durlach). The university campus is right to the east of the Schloss, not really spectacular, but it's there. Then there's the Wildparkstadion (wouldn't have been far from the schloss, about 10min walk). If you'd like to see even more parks there's also the "Günther-Klotz Anlage" and a few nice stretches along the Alb. Hoepfner has a castle like brewery building (every bit as fake as anything in Vegas but still looks nice ;)). "Mühlburg" (another part older than the actual city) was the birthplace of Karl-Benz. If your next visit is very soon I'd also recommend taking the "Turmbergbahn" up the Turmberg because it will probably be replaced or shut down soon. If it is very soon, check out "Schlosslichtspiele" in the evening, basically a arty projection on the Schloss building itself that has become pretty popular. Anyways, thanks for your video and hope you have a nice time should you come back (or go other places ;) ).
Hi Connor, never did I write a comment here but as I life in Ettlingen and love your videos I wanna say THANK YOU. I moved here in 2021 and still a lot of people I know have never been here and showing them this video is such a great thing to let them know how beautiful Ettlingen actutally is. What I would love to see is a "Childhood and how I became the travelling person I am" video. If you need maybe an interview partner for something like this just let me know and we can arrange this. Keep up the great work.
aaah, your visit to Ettlingen was on Monday, I see. 💖💖 Okay, that was not right. You were first in Karlsruhe these days. But i am confused, I have to admit. ^^
I hope you will discover the city of Freiburg aswell! It's around 140km south of Karlsruhe and you can go there by train aswell. Seing what you like, you will have a good time there, especially when you see the large cathedral (freiburger Münster) where ou can actually go up the church tower
I lived in Karlsruhe for 31 years. Now I'm in Sweden, yet it's cool to see a recent video about the city and how it evolved since they tore down the light rail tracks in the town center (they used to go around the pyramid). And just realised that in all those years, I'd never visited the church you were in at 35:00.
No way, you walked right thru my street. P.S.: There is a festival every night until Sept. 15th from about 9pm to 11pm right by the castle. It's called Schlosslichtspiele. It's free. It's super cool, highly recommend.
Hello Connor, I have friends living in the south-west of Karlsruhe in Rheinstetten and I just posted them your Video. I myself originally come from Mannheim and love your mindset and your awareness and your curiosity and your respectful treatment of your surroundings !!!! You also appreciate the seemingly insignificant things. My son (19) played football in Schwäbisch Hall until mid-March and has been studying in Regensburg since the beginning of April. I became aware of your channel a few years ago because of my love for football. I would like to show you my hometown of Mannheim, including a visit from our “Buwe” from the soccer club SV Waldhof Mannheim, old rivals of your VfB Stuttgart. 😉 We probably stole the basic idea for building Mannheim City from Karl in Karlsruhe 😅, I also would like to show you a few of our sights too. I am 55 years old and am married and also have a daughter (17), so there are four of us, but we have actually lived in Bavaria since 2005 and since 2011 we live Diespeck in Middle Franconia. Kind regards and have a nice weekend and take care Klaus
Großherzog or as it was written "Grosherzog" was a title (Grand Duke) above duke and below king. But because of the special situation at the time of its founding it was a souverain state and the grand duke had the absolute power like a king. Versailles was the role model to that palace. And sure, many old buildings in Germany are in a good condition, but people of Baden really care for their history and really care for their country Baden.
25:08 It's a protestant church - most of them are closed in Germany except for services, or concerts. But it's all modern and concrete inside anyway, since it was destroyed during the war; only the outside was reconstructed (same with Karlsruhe Palace).
@@ConnerSully Er ist tatsächlich in Karlsruhe beerdigt (aber nicht im Schloss Karlsruhe sondern unter der Karlsruher Pyramide). Karl ist der Stadtgründer - er suchte einen Ort wo er Ruhe und Frieden finden konnte. Daher hat die Stadt den Namen Karlsruhe.
Yo Conner i'm also from Karlsruhe, born and raised If u come back again I can show you some insider spots 😅 and the stadium 😅 and as a chef i know really good foodspots. In the video you walk next to the Restaurant i work. Love your videos greetings Smitty
Hey Connor, really well made vid you made here of my hometown. I was born and raised here. Know loads of spots here and know a few historical facts of this might help. One less known but really interresting place is the "Grossherzögliche Grabkapelle" - where the royal family from Baden was burried - and it's not far from the stadium. This place not always open for the public, would need to check this in .First place.. Would be happy to be your guide if interrested. Feel free to get in touch !
I’ve lived there for 5 years during my studies and moved away a few months ago. It’s so weird to see you in my old Uni town. Keep up the hustle my American boy 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Sup Connor :) My Name is Kevin, I´m 22 years old and i actually live in Karlsruhe! I was not born here, i moved here roughly 1.5 years ago because im studying electrical engineering at Kit (which i think is also a great place to visit because the campus is SO huge). I really like your videos and enjoy a lot of them, so if you´re still interested to visit Karlsruhe again, im down for it!^^
I lived in Karlsruhe for 2.5 years while stationed at Gerszewski Barracks in Knielingen. I had an apartment on Litzelaustraße. I would love to go back to see the changes, have a bier at Brauhaus 2.0 which was right next to my barracks 517th Maintenance company.
I live near Karlsruhe and it is amazing to see the city from a foreighners pov. For example i mever noticed the arched roof and windows at the Hauptbahnhof
You have to go to the „ZKM“! This is a very unique and interactive museum next to the „Günther Klotzanlage“, where a very famous festival called „dasFest“ takes place every year
the reason _Carl_ became _Karl_ is simply due to what's known (to some linguistic nerds) as the "High German consonant shift" where Old High German eventually became what we have now (in several iterations). Similar shifts happened to B + P, D + T, G + K etc. Also part of the reason why "Caesar" eventually became "Kaiser" in German.
24:30min. The "Marktplatz" (market place) was only few years earlier much more different, the Tramtrains drove here all overground through the city. Then they build the short underground line from east to west with a diverging to the south to the main station.
I live in Karlsruhe and it feels weird to see you walk around here 😂 like a celeb coming to town. Glad you liked it here!
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Carl was a local aristocrat with a palace in Durlach. One day he went hunting in his forest on his own. After a while he sat down under a tree and fell asleep. While sleeping he had a dream about building a palace (and a city with it) with all roads leading from (or to) the palace like the rays of the sun. And when he woke up he didn't forget about his dream, but put it into reality by building a palace at the very same place he had rested. Karlsruhe literally means Karl's rest. We call it the fan city and it was the role model for Washington DC.
there is also the version that the wife of him lost her fan in the woods and when he went looking for it he had that dream, but in reality he probably just wanted to recreate the palace
of Versaille.
We also call it "Sonnenstadt" (suncity), because of this dream and the way it is built. In school we also learned, that this is probably the reason, why the castle is yellow
@@LucyHeartfilia-d9w the streets resemble the rays of the sun, yes. But no one calls Karlsruhe "Sonnenstadt". The rays only go southwards hence it looks like a fan and hence it's called "Fächerstadt". I'm 48yrs of age and lived here for basically all my life and today is the 1st time I've ever heard that term, which speaks volumes imho.
@@ThomasMai-m3m I was born in karlsruhe too and lived here all my live. Sonnenstadt is not as often as Fächerstadt, but it's another, rare nickname. I havn't heard or read it for years, but it exists. I heard it more often in the past
Hätte ich besser nicht formulieren können!!
13:40 These are not ducks, these are Cuban flamingos from the Karlsruhe Zoo
14:00 The boats in the zoo are gondolas that were installed on the lake for the Federal Garden Show in 1967. They run without propulsion on a guide rope under water, which pulls the boats.
The same year, the castle garden railway was installed in the castle garden. On some days, a steam locomotive also runs there.
14:08 Karl Schnetzler was mayor of the city of Karlsruhe from 1875 to 1906. One of the gargoyles of the Stephanienbrunnen in Karlsruhe is a portrait of Schnetzler. The monument in Bahnhofstrasse near the zoo that you discovered was created about a decade after his death.
15:15 The "little elephants" are Asian elephants, which are smaller than the African elephants. All elephants in Karlsruhe Zoo are very old. The zoo takes care of animals in the "old animal's residence"
19:33 The entrance fee for the zoo is 13 euros + (optional) 1 euro as a donation for species conservation.
22:45 The Constitutional Column was built from 1822 to 1827 according to designs by Friedrich Weinbrenner. It is 7.80 meters high. Karlsruhe is still written with a C there before it was changed to a K in the Orthographic Conference of 1901. Margrave Karl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach allegedly wanted to find peace in the Carols-Ruhe (Carol's Rest) pleasure palace, built in 1715. The new residential city of Baden, today's Karlsruhe, developed from the surrounding court settlement.
The monument was not originally intended to be dedicated to Grand Duke Karl, but to serve as a symbol of Baden's power. The original plan was to engrave the distance of various Baden cities from Karlsruhe on the column.
As Karl Ludwig of Baden's successor was an opponent of the constitution, it was not until 1832, after his death, that an image of the Grand Duke and the text "CARL / GRAND DUKE OF BADEN" were added to the front and "TO THE FOUNDER OF THE / CONSTITUTION / THE GRATEFUL CITY / CARLSRUHE" on the back.The monument has since been dedicated to Grand Duke Karl, who once signed the Baden Constitution, one of the most liberal of its time.
23:03 The Margravial Palace was also built by the architect Friedrich Weinbrenner between 1803 and 1814. Grand Duke Karl Friedrich had it built for the sons of his second wife, the (unpopular among the people) Countess Luise Karoline von Hochberg.
The palace was largely destroyed in the first major air raid on Karlsruhe on September 3, 1942. All that remains is the classicist façade.
26:52 The pyramid is the landmark of the city of Karlsruhe. Under the pyramid is the crypt of the Concordia Church, which was demolished in 1807 and in which the founder and namesake of the city, Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach (1679-1738), is buried.
From 1823 to 1825, the provisional wooden pyramid was replaced by the stone pyramid on the orders of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden.
There is even a legend about this pyramid:
When a Prussian general visited Karlsruhe, he was shown the city. As he passed the palace, the general remarked that "Sanssouci Palace is much bigger." He continued on to the town hall, where he again remarked that "Berlin's town hall is much bigger." When they reached the pyramid, they told him that this was the largest pyramid in the world. When the general asked how this could be, he received the answer:
Due to space constraints, most of the pyramid had to be buried and only the top was left visible.
29:55 After the Second World War, the French and American occupiers divided the southwest into three parts. But the constitution of the state of Württemberg-Baden in 1946 already provided for a merger of the states. The Basic Law also contained a separate article on the question of the southwest state. At the end of 1951, the citizens then decided on a joint federal state. Baden-Württemberg is the only federal state that was created by referendum. In 1952, the states of Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged to form a single southwest state, today's Baden-Württemberg. But since the people of Karlsruhe are still proud to be "Badeners", the Baden flag in yellow-red-yellow still flies over Karlsruhe Palace.
Fun fact: During an exhibition on the topic of "Revolution", a completely red flag flew briefly over the palace. Someone asked whether that was allowed, since state buildings must be flagged with the state flag. It was then determined that the Baden flag should not be allowed to fly there either, as it was not the official state flag of Baden-Württemberg. In order to spare the people of Karlsruhe the offence, the flag regulations for the castle in which the Baden State Museum is located were deliberately changed so that the Baden flag could continue to fly there.
30:44 On September 27, 1944, the Karlsruhe Palace burned down after a bombing raid during World War II and was rebuilt in 1952. The reconstruction was completed in 1966 with the ceremonial inauguration of the newly established museum. Although the baroque facade was restored in great detail, the interior of the palace was designed as a contemporary museum.
32:26 In 2001, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Karlsruhe ceramics manufacturer Majolika, a blue stripe was built in the middle of the castle gardens, which forms a path from the castle tower to the factory. The stripe is made up of 1,645 blue ceramic tiles.
35:50 The parish church of St. Stephan is a classicist Roman Catholic church building, and of course the architect here was again Friedrich Weinbrenner. The church was built between 1808 and 1814. Originally, the central building of St. Stephan included four buildings on the corners. Two buildings were built by 1850, these were the school and the rectory, and they were destroyed in the air raids in the Second World War.
39:16 France is 16 km Airline distance (to Lauterbourg)
Großartige Infosammlung für jeden nicht-Karlsruher. Wir haben schon ne interessante Stadt. 😊
Connor, your German order in this bakery was PERFECT!!! Sure, everyone hears where you come from, but the words and their sequence, the grammatical order, the emphasis.....indeed perfect.😊
"perfect" means without flaws, the optimal way.
dont use that word inflationary
@@manzanasrojas6984 Das ist eigentlich MEINE Rede immer!!!😂 Aber in dem Fall war wirklich kein "flaw" vorhanden!!! Nur ein hörbarer Akzent.
Where is he from btw??
my three year old child can do that without accent
@@shekhinah5985 Congrats to your talented child!!!! Not everybody is gifted with this.
As a Karlsruhe resident, I can recommend the ZKM Media Art Museum. It is unique and the reason why Karlsruhe is a Unesco City of Media Arts. The museum was built in the building complex of one of the largest munitions factories of the First World War. The Wildpark (stadium) should of course not be missed and must be on your list of places to visit.
Paul Revere Village, the former American quarter of the US Army, can also be interesting with all the old American facilities. However, you should have someone with you who knows their way around.
A visit to Karlsruhe Palace is most likely worthwhile for the view of the fan-shaped structure of Karlsruhe's urban architecture. Numerous streets radiate away from the palace and look like a fan from above! Ettlingen is of course also beautiful! There is so much to see here, especially with some historical context!
PS: Karlsruhe is also home to the most important german court...^^
Yes, as a local I can totally agree on that. I hoped that he would go to the ZKM when he was close there. The court would have been close by.
The "Günter Klotz Anlage" would be cool, but also just another massive Park.
A look at a city map where you can see the "Sun-shape" would have also been worth a considering.
Durlach (with the mentioned Turmberg) would have been worth a visit, but I don't know how cool the Turmberg is on a video.
I lived in Karlsruhe for about 10 years and it's wonderful city to live in - except during hot days in summer. It gets incredibly hot with high humidity usually. But during all other seasons it's really beautiful.
The main railway station is remarkable because it is one of the first ones with a concrete roof in the shape of half of a barrel. Originally the main railway station was closer to the palace - almost halfway between the current one and the palace, so near the crossroads near Media-Markt and the mall where you've been filming.
The zoo is much smaller than the one in Stuttgart but it's a really nice park right in the middle of the city.
Karlsruhe has a number of museums of art, history and natural history. Apart from the technical university KIT, a polytechnical academy and an academy for teachers there's an academy of music and an academy of art and media. The latter one has an interesting exhibition area and is located in a former industrial building a bit outside of the central city area.
Karlsruhe is famous for it's public transport system, particularly the tramway system which is partly underground. During the last 4 decades it has grown to connect Karlsruhe with many neighbouring towns like Rastatt, Baden-Baden, Graben-Neudorf (halfway to Mannheim), Pforzheim (halfway to Stuttgart), Bretten, Heilbronn, Ettlingen and Bad Herrenalb deep in the Black Forrest. You can even go to Hagenau and Wissembourg in Alsace/France, to Wörth and Bad Bergzabern in Palatinate (the Bundesland west of Baden-Württemberg). Durlach - the original residence of the dukes and grand-dukes of Baden - is part of Karlsruhe now. However it's significantly older than Karlsruhe. It's located at the foot of the Turmberg mountain.
There's another park located a bit outside of the central city along the river Alb: die Günter-Klotz-Anlage. It's the location of a very nice music festival in early summer. Its specialty: there's a little mountain. Between that mountain and the river Alb there's a meadow large enough to provide space for a stage and dancing area. Sitting on that mountain looking at the stage you're looking to the west. I've had some of the most fascinating concert moments watching some gigs in the evening during sunset - some in violent rain and thunderstorms freaking out right above me but a clear sky near the horizon - that experience is almost impossible to describe. It must suffice to say that nobody left the scene and the bands often continued to play watching people continuing to dance in ponds of water and mud right in front of the stage.
I don't know if those things are still existing but Jazz Club Karlsruhe, Kulturverein Tollhaus, youth club Jubez and a few others were organizing many interesting events and concerts during my time in Karlsruhe. I really hope that they're there still - they made Karlsruhe often a great place to be.
North and south of Karlsruhe there are beautiful landscapes along the river Rhine - marvellous for hiking and cycling. However, there a bit of a problem with stinging beasts like gnats and gadflies.
Karlsruhe was a wonderful place for shopping. However it was there that I could experience what an economic recession can do to businesses and a city. Meanwhile a few more crises have hit and I know that a lot has changed there. Several of my favourite shops have disappeared, particularly book shops. In that regard Karlsruhe is certainly facing the same challenges of many other cities. However it seems to have many shops still. And nice cafes and restaurants too.
Yes city is nice, but lets be honest, you have to be gay to live here
Karlsruhe doesn't really have a well preserved old town center due to destruction during WWII, however, there's a district in Karlsruhe called Durlach which is actually older than Karlsruhe itself and has a very beautiful and well preserved old town style center. There's also a viewpoint in Durlach called Turmberg with gorgeous views (especially at sunset in late summer ;)). You can either hike up there using the stairs (including nice views of vineyards) or take the Turmbergbahn. Some other cool/pretty spots in Karlsruhe are City Park, Südstadt, Südweststadt (around ZKM), Oststadt, Rheinhafen and Günther-Klotz-Anlage. There's also a pretty botanical garden close to where you were in the park behind the castle. And additionally to that, I'd say the Schlossgartenbahn you can see at minute 34:00 is also totally worth checking out ;)
... In 1788, a relatively unknown tourist ( ;-P ) from the then USA came to Karlsruhe. His Name was Thomas Jefferson (before he became US president), and he made drawings of the city because he liked the layout of the "Fächerstadt" and used the design for a city in the USA ... Washington DC. Karlsruhe actually served as a blueprint for the capital of the USA.
That is very interesting! Cool fact!
Moin aus Niedersachsen! Richtig interessantes Video. Ich war selber noch nie in Kalsruhe, deshalb bin ich dankbar für deine Einblicke. Ich bekomme immer ein Lächeln im Gesicht, wenn ich sehe, dass du unsere Kultur und unser Land so wertschätzt. Man lernt die Republik nochmal von einer neuen Seite kennen, durch deine Perspektive!
Also: Wirklich vielen Dank für deine ganzen bodenständigen, ehrlichen Videos :)
Schau Dir unbedingt auch das Video aus Ettlingen.
Wunderschöne Stadt!
Mach hier einfach mal Urlaub oder nutze das Wochenende wenn 96 hier spielt 😇 dann kannst auch noch ins neue Wildpark Stadion
@@FelixFuchsHase1105 Ich wohn grad mal 25km weit entfernt von Ettlingen, bin schon zig Mal durchgefahren, hab hunderte Male die Autobahn Aus- und Abfahrt benutzt... Und trotzdem war ich noch nie "richtig" dort! Zeit das zu ändern
Als Mensch, der hier lebt, fand ich es super witzig. Er ist an meiner ehemaligen Arbeit vorbei gelaufen. 😂
@@dr.boekel Unbedingt, Ettlingen ist super schön. Da gibts nen tollen Irish Pub, unbedingt hingehen!^^
I am impressed how good your german is. Love your videos as a german
Oh, you just missed the light show, where the whole castle is projected with different shows from artists around the world, with sound and spotlights and all, all evening long. It's always around the same time of the year, from 15th August to 15th September every night. And it's free. It's so unbelievable that I can't believe it. It's just there for everyone to come and chill and watch the spectacle on the castle.
Nice work Connor. Speaking freely while winging your trip is your super power. Keep up the good work.
Stephan, Bavarian living in PA, USA.
Yes, it definetely is almost a superpower!!! I couldn't, this man can!!!! 👍
Hello Conner, the special thing about Karlsruhe is that it was planned precisely, the streets and paths are arranged symmetrically (fan-shaped). And this has been the case since the year of its foundation in 1715. This is best seen from a bird's eye view. It is therefore similar to Washington DC ;-)), although Karlsruhe is a little older, but very young by German and European standards ;-))
I like your perspective to see the world in a spiritual and philosophical way.💗💗
Hello Conner, if you come again to Karlsruhe, tell me. If I have time I will show you around! There are more nice spots: Schloss Gottesaue, Alter Schlachthof, Durlach, Ettlingen, Botanischer Garten, the area around Haydnplatz, etc.
Fun fact about Karlsruhe. It's called the Fächerstadt, bc in the city center, the main streets all point towards the residency of the king. Just like a fan (Fächer).
Yes, unfortunately I didn't see everything. Another "Carl" was born in Karlsruhe, namely Carl Benz, the inventor of the car. His monument is in Mühlberg and at the Technical University. Then we have a mint, the two highest courts in Germany and the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe. Why? Germany is a decentralized state, the authorities are spread across the whole country and that's a good thing. Karlsruhe has a lot to offer, it's impossible to explain everything, you'll never get bored here. I would even open a company headquarters here if I had to choose. Everything a company needs is here. Best wishes, Fabian😊
The line of blue ceramic plates leads to the Majolika Ceramics Manufactory. They offer nice art work.
Sadly they are bankrupt and closing down after more than 120 years now.
Karlsruhe is a baroque planned city and actually a young town for german conditions because it was built in 1715 and this is why you wont find any medival buildings there. Did you know that Thomas Jefferson visited Karlsruhe and used the city as architectural model for Washingtons DC.?
If you would like to come back to Karlsruhe, I could show you some nice places as I'm living there.😊
If you are looking for the Altstadt you have to visit Durlach nearby. It's the "mother" of Karlsruhe, and much older. And Schloss Favorite (small palace) in Rastatt is an old enchanted fairytale place.
Nice to have you here, Conner . Welcome. 🤗
Karlsruhe was founded by the Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach. More than 300 years ago, on a drizzly day in 1715, Karl is said to have taken a nap where the castle is now located. A special nap that was later called “Karl's Ruhe” (Karl's moment of rest) and became the namesake of the city.
omg this is my hometown and 23:00 is like 1 minute away from my home!! I even recognized the Starbucks barista - crazy you finally went to Karlsruhe haha
Grüße aus der Waldstadt! ✌️
Grüße aus Durlach
Grüße aus Daxlanden 😀
I love your energy and enthusiam.
Great greatings to all viewers from all over the world.
We are not the same, but we are ONE.
Please include the animals!!! They are earthlings as well and imho they need rights, too. Just according to them being endowed with feelings like pain, fear and love towards their progeny. That is all you need to deserve rights!!! As we easily can feed ourselves just from plants, it is our moral duty to cause no suffering, when it is not necessary. Please educate yourself about veganism for the treatment of the animals is the biggest ethical emergency that ever happened on earth, when it comes to numbers of victims. Please #govegan and do not harm others, let them live in peace. As an old German saying is like "Was Du nicht willst, das man Dir tu, das füg' auch keinem anderen zu." What you don't want someone to do to you, don't do it to anyone else. Isn't it simple?
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Well said ❤
As someone living in Karlsruhe, let me say that it is a nice enough place, but the nicest thing about Karlsruhe ist the "Pfalz" (a mountain range just on the other side of the Rhine river). You may want to go there for hiking, finishing your day with "Neuer Wein" (i.e. newly fermented grape juice -- I recommend the red rather than the white) and Flammkuchen. I recommend Klingenmünster for that endeavor. If you are feeling adventurous, you can take a 3 day hike there along one of the German St. James ways, starting in Speyer (itself well worth a visit). This would be the "Pfälzer Jakobsweg" -- you can then follow the signs all the way to Santiago de Compostela in North-Western Spain, if you want, as people have done for a thousand years :-) There is also the "Badischer Jakobsweg", which leads through part of Karlsruhe, as well as Ettlingen. Karlsruhe itself is relatively new and was artificially constructed in 1715, starting from a hunting lodge. Today's significance inside of Germany comes from the different high courts located here, including the Constitutional Court (right next to the castle). For an impression of what was here before today's Karlsruhe, have a look at Karlsruhe Durlach, which is where Karlsruhe originated from. This part of Karlsruhe is far older. The university of Karlsruhe (part of it is also next to the castle) is also worth a visit, if you catch one of the open days. It is considered to be one of the German "excellence" universities, under the name of "KIT" ("Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"). You can find the best ice cream of the region in Eggenstein Leopoldshafen ("La Veneta" -- about 12 km north of Karlsruhe center). Hiking or cycling there through the Hardtwald is worth it in the summer time. You will also find a number of disused "quarry ponds" there, which are today used for recreational purposes. Some of them are supplied by fresh water filtered by the gravel in the Rhine valley, so you will get very clear water there, really nice for a swim if it is hot. Have fun!
I’m so excited I love watching your videos
I was born in Karlsruhe. My family is from there. Nice video. You are so happy about ordinary things..
The video everybody was waiting for years 😊... Glad you're taking the time to visit the opponent city and the people there since your great KSC-VfB-Football video years ago. ... You'll find normal friendly people everywhere.
PS.: Love your spontanious style of making videos without planing and just expoloring. 🙂👍
The main entrance to the Zoo is right opposite of the Hauptbahnhof. You just passed by it. It's just to the side of the street you went in.
Thanks for your sincerety. Thanks for removing the cap in the presence of the Lord.
You have to visit the castle at the “Schlossfestspiele” it’s really cool, it’s a light show (I’m from Karlsruhe)
Im from Karlsruhe and its realy sweet and cool the way you are interested to the things and people you see!!!
Makes me realy happy to watch
Hey Conner!
I love the idea of reviews to the trips you did in the past without ever posting them on YT. It would be interesting to hear what you thought at that time and how you regard it today, after "being a bit older".
And please don't worry about the times you didn't release much stuff here - there is a time for everything. Being very active needs the change to being less active and so on. Life happens in waves, in ups and downs, it isn't a long, steady line.
Travelling without a plan makes absolute sense to me! (My first "solo travel" happened when I was 18. I booked a one week trip to London, travelling on my own for the first time in my life. All I planned was the direction I wanted to take for that day. E.g.: Heading to Hyde Park today. I did it all by foot and followed my feelings, and it was awesome. I explored a lot of very unique places which were not very touristy next to the "big ones". As taxis were very cheap back then, at the end of the day, when I was tired, I took one back to the hotel. I was not "driven by a plan" but "by feeling and trust". And it was so so great to do it that way!
(Edit: The vibes of a city........ well I guess I know what you mean, and I call it "The soul of a City". Each and every city has one, and they're all unique. And because of that, there are cities we love and maybe some we hate. Depending on finding a "soul companion city" or not. )
This is so Sweet, thanks for your kindness of sharing These videos, you‘re being so nice
Hi Connor , K was born and raised in Karlsruhe the first nine years of my life. I used to live exactly in the Südstadt where you walked by, close to one of the entrances at Stadtgarten. I spent every day in tvere with my friends after school, we were roaming the whole place 😂We were free to do whatever we wanted, that’s my most important memory. Karlsruhe is such a beautiful town with Countless possibilities to spend time. Beautiful parks, public pools like Rappenwörth, close to France, so much. The architecture, beautiful old buildings, everything. I still have it in my heart and always will. ❤
1:02 This old guy scolding his dog: "Schnauze" 😂😂
Karlsruhe, like many other cities in southern Germany, once had a sizable America presence with the Army and Air Force… just down the autobahn from my beloved Heidelberg ❤
If you are in Karlsruhe already, you definately have to give my hometown Baden-Baden (30min by train) a huge visit :) The city became Unesco World Heritage in the last years.
Good that you are fully back making videos❤
As a Karlsruher I can say that u were in the best city of germany. Just dont go to Pforzheim and stay away from them!
Noooo, it has beautiful areas too, you just have to search them a little bit longer :-)
Like every place in the world
@@Nonny1992 No, niemals, I would never go to Pforzheim!!!
@obvosci3356 well in that case I'm just glad our boy Connor isn't narrow-minded as you 😄
kann man ja nicht vergleichen, Karlsruhe hat viel mehr Kultur
You have to go to Friedrichshafen am Bodensee, the end of the line from Ulm. The view to the Alps is spectacular.
Maybe to enter the area, but definitely many more nicer places around Lake Constance
I live in Baden-Württemberg now for 36 years, but I think you know more about our cities than me.. this makes me think 😅👍good work
Glad you enjoyed your stay in my beautiful home town ✌🏼🙂
Thank you Conner! Very good impressions of our town. Next time you must see the Wildpark stadium 🙂
God blessed you, man.
I am shure about that.
Im from Karlsruhe and its nice to see the city you have lived in for your whole life through somebody else’s eyes
You should definitely go visit the stadium in Karlsruhe to see a match, the atmosphere is great there! Just make sure you don't wear anything VfB Stuttgart related 😉
Come to a KSC soccer Game with us 💪🏻
Nice, i live here in Karlsruhe, amazing this Video.
Great video.
@conner:
Karlsruhe, my hometown, born, raised, living there with my wife and 3 kids.
KSC and Hertha have a deepgoing fan friendship with sharing of supporters depending on whats going on.
You might already know about the history of Karlsruhe, the castle was originaly thought from Carl to be like in the center of a sun (like the castel from the Sun-king of France) meaning all the beams roads get away in any direction. But the city was build southward from the east-west beam and the north was kept as forrest for recreational purpose for Carls people. So the shape from the air formed like a handheld fan - Fächer. Thats why Karlsruhe now is known as the Fächerstadt.
Nowadays Karlsruhe hosts the 2 highest courts in Germany, the federal court (Bundesgerichtshof) and the constitutional court (Verfassungsgericht). So from that point quite dry official city.
But the first Email ever was sent from here, so to say a huge step for the internet was created here. There´s a company named 'United Internet' which has their servers here. Hightech industry have their labs here at the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) - our university.
Hi Connor, great video! It's nice to see someone discover ones hometown on the fly, with a set of completely fresh eyes! Should you come back for a second video I would recommend going to "Durlach"(the original residence of Karl and now one part of Karlsruhe that is older than the town center). You might also be interested in the former army base in the "Nordstadt" where American streets and names like "Marylandschule" remain. Other points of interest could be the Turmberg (in Durlach), for the best view of the entire city, Schloss Gottesaue (would be on the way between town center and Durlach). The university campus is right to the east of the Schloss, not really spectacular, but it's there. Then there's the Wildparkstadion (wouldn't have been far from the schloss, about 10min walk). If you'd like to see even more parks there's also the "Günther-Klotz Anlage" and a few nice stretches along the Alb. Hoepfner has a castle like brewery building (every bit as fake as anything in Vegas but still looks nice ;)). "Mühlburg" (another part older than the actual city) was the birthplace of Karl-Benz. If your next visit is very soon I'd also recommend taking the "Turmbergbahn" up the Turmberg because it will probably be replaced or shut down soon. If it is very soon, check out "Schlosslichtspiele" in the evening, basically a arty projection on the Schloss building itself that has become pretty popular. Anyways, thanks for your video and hope you have a nice time should you come back (or go other places ;) ).
Hi Connor, never did I write a comment here but as I life in Ettlingen and love your videos I wanna say THANK YOU. I moved here in 2021 and still a lot of people I know have never been here and showing them this video is such a great thing to let them know how beautiful Ettlingen actutally is.
What I would love to see is a "Childhood and how I became the travelling person I am" video. If you need maybe an interview partner for something like this just let me know and we can arrange this. Keep up the great work.
Sneezes - "tschuldigung" - yep, he's german now.
Greetings from Karlsruhe =)
your shaky camera gives me "motion sikness", but nevertheless a really great, funny and entertaining video! Thumbs up!
Hey greetings from Karlsruhe. Nice that u visited our city 🙌
Oh, you were pretty close to my home, maybe 5 meters away :D - If you ever come back, I could surely show you a few nice secret places in Karlsruhe :)
aaah, your visit to Ettlingen was on Monday, I see. 💖💖
Okay, that was not right.
You were first in Karlsruhe these days.
But i am confused, I have to admit. ^^
I really enjoyed the video!
I hope you will discover the city of Freiburg aswell! It's around 140km south of Karlsruhe and you can go there by train aswell. Seing what you like, you will have a good time there, especially when you see the large cathedral (freiburger Münster) where ou can actually go up the church tower
Mate - next time you come to Karlsruhe - let me know! I studied here and now loving here for more than 10 years, more than happy to show you around!
I lived in Karlsruhe for 31 years. Now I'm in Sweden, yet it's cool to see a recent video about the city and how it evolved since they tore down the light rail tracks in the town center (they used to go around the pyramid). And just realised that in all those years, I'd never visited the church you were in at 35:00.
Amazing 🥰
You have to come back.
Greets from Karlsruhe.
Prächtiges Video
Gentleman 😊RESPECT!
No way, you walked right thru my street. P.S.: There is a festival every night until Sept. 15th from about 9pm to 11pm right by the castle. It's called Schlosslichtspiele. It's free. It's super cool, highly recommend.
Hello Connor,
I have friends living in the south-west of Karlsruhe in Rheinstetten and I just posted them your Video.
I myself originally come from Mannheim and love your mindset and your awareness and your curiosity and your respectful treatment of your surroundings !!!! You also appreciate the seemingly insignificant things. My son (19) played football in Schwäbisch Hall until mid-March and has been studying in Regensburg since the beginning of April. I became aware of your channel a few years ago because of my love for football. I would like to show you my hometown of Mannheim, including a visit from our “Buwe” from the soccer club SV Waldhof Mannheim, old rivals of your VfB Stuttgart. 😉 We probably stole the basic idea for building Mannheim City from Karl in Karlsruhe 😅, I also would like to show you a few of our sights too. I am 55 years old and am married and also have a daughter (17), so there are four of us, but we have actually lived in Bavaria since 2005 and since 2011 we live Diespeck in Middle Franconia. Kind regards and have a nice weekend
and take care
Klaus
You being "raw" is the very best!!!! Glad that you changed your mind.
The woman saying the pyramid is a pyramid hahah :D
Großherzog or as it was written "Grosherzog" was a title (Grand Duke) above duke and below king. But because of the special situation at the time of its founding it was a souverain state and the grand duke had the absolute power like a king.
Versailles was the role model to that palace. And sure, many old buildings in Germany are in a good condition, but people of Baden really care for their history and really care for their country Baden.
25:08 It's a protestant church - most of them are closed in Germany except for services, or concerts. But it's all modern and concrete inside anyway, since it was destroyed during the war; only the outside was reconstructed (same with Karlsruhe Palace).
Damn you went to the lamest church that Karlsruhe had... Next time got to another there are many more dude! Nice Video
noooo way bro I live there I been watching your channel for years!
Karlsruhe = Karl's rest
Really? So it’s name signifies the fact that Carl is buried there?
@@ConnerSully Er ist tatsächlich in Karlsruhe beerdigt (aber nicht im Schloss Karlsruhe sondern unter der Karlsruher Pyramide).
Karl ist der Stadtgründer - er suchte einen Ort wo er Ruhe und Frieden finden konnte. Daher hat die Stadt den Namen Karlsruhe.
@@Caroline1Ute gut erklärt 😊
@@Terra_Lamia Lieben Dank 🤗
Und jetzt bitte auf Englisch🤓
First thing people think of about K'he is also one of the most important things in Deutschland,- das
Bundesverfassungsgericht
Yo Conner i'm also from Karlsruhe, born and raised If u come back again I can show you some insider spots 😅 and the stadium 😅 and as a chef i know really good foodspots. In the video you walk next to the Restaurant i work. Love your videos greetings Smitty
Hey Connor, really well made vid you made here of my hometown. I was born and raised here. Know loads of spots here and know a few historical facts of this might help. One less known but really interresting place is the "Grossherzögliche Grabkapelle" - where the royal family from Baden was burried - and it's not far from the stadium. This place not always open for the public, would need to check this in .First place.. Would be happy to be your guide if interrested. Feel free to get in touch !
I’ve lived there for 5 years during my studies and moved away a few months ago. It’s so weird to see you in my old Uni town. Keep up the hustle my American boy 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Sup Connor :) My Name is Kevin, I´m 22 years old and i actually live in Karlsruhe! I was not born here, i moved here roughly 1.5 years ago because im studying electrical engineering at Kit (which i think is also a great place to visit because the campus is SO huge). I really like your videos and enjoy a lot of them, so if you´re still interested to visit Karlsruhe again, im down for it!^^
Another nice Video✌🏼🥳 Thanks for this🍀✌🏼💪🏻😎
Wow! Back in Germany... you and Silas inspired me to learn German. So freakin cool to see you back in Germany 🙂👍
Thats my home town a warm welcome 🎉
I lived in Karlsruhe for 2.5 years while stationed at Gerszewski Barracks in Knielingen. I had an apartment on Litzelaustraße. I would love to go back to see the changes, have a bier at Brauhaus 2.0 which was right next to my barracks 517th Maintenance company.
If you ever come back you should also check out the ZKM museum. They have really cool media art exhibitions.
I live near Karlsruhe and it is amazing to see the city from a foreighners pov. For example i mever noticed the arched roof and windows at the Hauptbahnhof
No way, i was watching you some time now, and now you are in Karlsruhe. I live here. Like the others said, it feel a bit like a celebrity coming here😂
The blue line is an art installation that leads directly to the majolika, a ceramics manufacturer
U finally been to my hometown 🙌 🥳 well down man
You been round my corner, Conner XD
5 mins from my home NICE!
It is nice that you are comparing the Karlsruher castle to the Louvre in Paris 😂❤
You have to go to the „ZKM“! This is a very unique and interactive museum next to the „Günther Klotzanlage“, where a very famous festival called „dasFest“ takes place every year
Enjoyed your video of the town I live in for 15 years now
You are a very cool guy i wish all people will be a little bit like you in there heart 🤘🏼🔥
the reason _Carl_ became _Karl_ is simply due to what's known (to some linguistic nerds) as the "High German consonant shift" where Old High German eventually became what we have now (in several iterations). Similar shifts happened to B + P, D + T, G + K etc.
Also part of the reason why "Caesar" eventually became "Kaiser" in German.
Thanks for this explanation. Interesting 🤔
Hello from Karlsruhe 😊
A few stops from Karlsruhe is Heidelberg also worth a visit!
Damn i didnt see that u were going to germany and even better my hometown!
Lol at 1:08 min mark: dog barking, man shouting: SCHNAUZE! 😂
Hi Connor, at your next stay at the bakery called Sehne, you have to buy a „Seele“, checkt its out, it delicious!😊
24:30min. The "Marktplatz" (market place) was only few years earlier much more different, the Tramtrains drove here all overground through the city. Then they build the short underground line from east to west with a diverging to the south to the main station.