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Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 49°04′40″N 08°23′33″E / 49.07778°N 8.39250°E

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Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen within Karlsruhe district
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Show map of Germany Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°04′40″N 08°23′33″E / 49.07778°N 8.39250°E / 49.07778; 8.39250
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Karlsruhe
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Lukas Lang^[1]
Area
• Total	26.09 km² (10.07 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	16,924
• Density	650/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76344
Dialling codes	0721 und 07247
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	www.egg-leo.de

Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is a municipality of almost 17,000 inhabitants located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Federal Republic of Germany. It lies about 12 km north of Karlsruhe and is the site of the northern campus of the research centre Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (with the former Forschungsreaktor 2 (FR2). In the west, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen borders on the Rhine River and in the east it is connected with the Bundesstraße 36.

The two villages that make up the incorporated municipality evolved from medieval villages specializing in freshwater fishing and farming. Today, gravel extraction for construction purposes is important to the local economy, as is the cultivation of white asparagus (Spargel). Because of its location in the Rhine valley, hot humid summers are the norm for Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen. Numerous public beaches exist on the shores of artificial lakes that have been formed by extensive gravel extraction. Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen has numerous active community associations and sports clubs such as most notably TG Eggenstein 1894 e.V.. Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is also home to the Sportpark Fassbender, a noted tennis school and training facility.

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important economic factor for Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which was formerly founded there in 1956 under the name Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe. This is why the municipality is currently the most important destination for commuters for people living in the nearby city of Karlsruhe.^[3] In addition, the municipality has had a balanced municipal budget for years and remains one of the region's plenty debt-free communities.^[4] Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen as part of Karlsruhe (district) has one of the lowest unemployment rates in all of Baden-Württemberg with an unemployment rate of approximately around 2.6%.^[5]

An automobile and pedestrian ferry crossing across the Rhine River runs from Leopoldshafen to Leimersheim. The town is served by routes S1 and S11 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, which is operated by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft over the Hardtbahn. Seven stops are served, at Eggenstein Süd, Eggenstein Station, Eggenstein Spöcker Weg, Eggenstein Schweriner Strasse, Leopoldshafen Viermorgen, Leopoldshafen Leopoldstrasse and Leopoldshafen Frankfurter Strasse.^[6]

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "Daten und Fakten 2018" (PDF). City of Karlsruhe (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-20.
^ "Municipal Budget 2014-2020". Municipal Administration Eggenstein (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
^ "Regionale Arbeitsmarktstrategie für den Landkreis Karlsruhe - 2020" (PDF). City Administration Karlsruhe (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-20.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. pp. 93, 160–161. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

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