Karlsruhe Heritage Highlights

This route links Karlsruhe’s principal heritage sites: the 1715 Baroque Karlsruhe Palace with its central market pyramid tomb; the Erbgroßherzogliches Palais on Kriegsstraße, home to the Bundesgerichtshof; the Großherzogliche Grabkapelle in the Fasanengarten and the Bürklin family mausoleum on the Hauptfriedhof. It also includes the ZKM contemporary art centre, the Badische Landesbibliothek (legal-deposit library), the Karlsburg in Durlach, the Turmberg ruin with panoramic viewpoints, and the Zoologischer Stadtgarten.

Karlsruhe Palace

Karlsruhe Palace was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous…

Pyramid

The Karlsruhe Pyramid is a pyramid made of red sandstone, located in the centre of the market square of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Turmberg

The Turmberg is a hill located in Durlach, a suburb of Karlsruhe in Germany. It is home to a castle ruin.

ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst

Contemporary art museum established in 1999 within the ZKM Centre for Art and Media; displays media art, large-scale installations and rotating exhibitions focused on art–technology intersections.

Erbgroßherzogliches Palais

Late 19th-century grand-ducal city palace on Kriegsstraße; since 1950 the building houses the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), retaining its representative façade and historic interior elements.

Karlsburg Castle

Karlsburg Castle in the Durlach district of Karlsruhe characterizes the history of the Baden since 1563.

Großherzogliche Grabkapelle

Neo-Romanesque grand-ducal burial chapel in the Fasanengarten, built 1889–1896 from Hermann Hemberger’s plans after designs by Franz von Neumann; contains the Baden grand-ducal crypt.

Bürklin'sches Mausoleum

19th-century family mausoleum situated in the northeast section of Karlsruhe Main Cemetery (Hauptfriedhof); notable for its funerary architecture and sculpted tomb monuments.