ETTLINGEN

'Ettlingen' is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is about 10km south of the city of Karlsruhe. After Bruchsal, Ettlingen is the second largest city in the Karlsruhe Landkreis.

Contents

Geography

History

Town twinning

Public Transport

Geography

Ettlingen sits at the edge of the northern Black Forest. The Alb River runs out of the hills of the Black Forest and into the Rhine Valley at Ettlingen. The central part of the city is in the Rhine flood plain, its outlying districts, especially to the west and north, are in the low hills that form the beginning of the Black Forest.

History

Ettlingen was an important crossroads during Roman times. This is demonstrated by the many artifacts found in the area, as well as the Neptunstein which commemorates a flood of the Rhine in Latin. The city was first documented in 788 as "Ediningom" in an announcement of the Monastery in Wissembourg in Alsace. In 965, the village of Ettlingen (Ediningom) received market rights (Marktrecht) from Emperor Otto the Great. In 1192, Ettlingen was raised to city status in the German Empire by Heinrich VI one of Friederich Barabarossa's sons. The Margrave Hermann V of Baden became Ettlingen's feudal lord in 1219. In the following years it became an independent city in the Margravite of Baden-Baden.

During the Nine Years War the city was near completely burned to the ground by the troops of Louis XIV, it was however rebuilt. After the Catholic line of Baden-Baden died out in 1771, Ettlingen became Lutheran under the Margravite of Baden-Durlach the Margrave of Baden became an Elector in 1806 and a Grand Duke in 1806.
Ettlingen remained an independent city until 1937 when it was incorporated into the Karlsruhe Landkreis. Since then, Ettlingen has been a part of the Karlsruhe Landkreis.

Town twinning

Ettlingen is twinned with:

★ Épernay, France, since 1953

★ Middelkerke, Belgium, since 1971

★ Clevedon, United Kingdom, since 1980

★ Löbau, Saxony, since 1990

★ Gatchina, Russia, since 1992

★ Menfi, Italy, since 2004

Public Transport

The S1 and S11 Stadtbahn trains stop at the Erbprinz Hotel and at the Ettlingen Stadt station. You can get S-Bahn schedules from The Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV) WWW page.
The establishment of a rickshaw service in 2008 is being discussed.