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This is a very BAD translation of the original ( de:Karlsruhe )!! [fixed wikisyntax]

So says someone who writes "eingemeindet" in the English article text.

However, I agree with him that it isn't useful to mention that the Marktplatz was named Adolf-Hitler-Platz for some time. In each German town you can find lengthy cadastre files documenting the renaming of representative places and streets in the 30s and renaming them back in 1945.

--Ikar.us 22:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Removed some (not so) "Famous People" 2 Population, Airport/Airpark? 2.1 Founding legend? 3 Karlsuruhe and the Holocaust: CleanupConfusing tag 4 Maps available

[edit] Removed some (not so) "Famous People"

I removed Shluchim Yitzchok Steinmetz and Levi Emmer from Famous People as there is no indication given of what they are supposed to be famous for and they are not in Wikipedia (en). I also checked and they are not in the german de:Karlsruhe page (nor the list of honored citizens nor the list of sons and daughters of Karlsruhe there). Ruhrfisch 15:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Population, Airport/Airpark?

It is a bit strange that the population is (a bit) different in the English and German version (due to different sources!?). Furthermore, the distance to Baden Airpark (is it really "park" or "port"? in the German version Baden-Airport is written!) is 30 km in the English version and ~45 km in the German version. Does translation shorten the distance?

Edgar; June, 09, 2006 12:36

There are different population sources listed (English is from the state of Baden-Wurt., German is from the city of Karlsruhe). I would follow the German version here, but if you follow their link to their source it is also a different (lower) number than what is in the article!

I will change the distance to 45 km. FYI, the "Baden Airpark" is the whole former Canadian Air Force base, a part of which is the "Baden Airport". German WP has articles on both Baden Airpark and Baden Airport, English WP seems to just have an article on Baden Airpark. I would stay with Airpark, will try to clarify that too. Ruhrfisch 15:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Founding legend?

I'm surprised the article makes no mention of the (probably apocryphal) story how Karlsruhe go its name. I checked the German version which mentions it but doesn't give a source. You'd think this should be amply covered in local histories. ~ trialsanderrors 16:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

That's simple, really. Kalrsuhe is literally "Karl's rest," as it was somewhat of a vacation town for Karl, hence the city being built around his palace. Is there an apocryphal story with an alternate explanation? --BDD 15:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Karlsuruhe and the Holocaust: CleanupConfusing tag

I have attempted to clean up the "Karlsruhe and the Holocaust" subsection which contained some grammatical errors and one or two unclear or misleading choices of words. I have not done a fact check, but I think that a fact check would be a good idea here because it was not completely clear to me what the original author intended. The German version of this article is a little thin on stuff about the Holocaust unfortunately. Ireneshusband 18:54, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Does "to the east" mean to Poland, to Eastern Europe or to Bavaria? Ireneshusband 19:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I think the coverage of the jewish community and of the Holocaust is disproportionate for such a small article about a city. The facts covered are usual for a german city of that time, and none of the other numerous religious minorities are even mentioned. I'm in favor of reducing the two sections to a sentence or two within 'History'. 91.89.7.28 04:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maps available

There's a CC-BY-SA 2.0 map you might like on OpenStreetMap. Ojw 18:51, 9 December 2006 (UTC)