Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Coordinates: 49°04′40″N 08°23′33″E / 49.07778°N 8.39250°E / 49.07778; 8.39250
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Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
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Location of Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
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Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is located in Germany
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Coordinates: 49°04′40″N 08°23′33″E / 49.07778°N 8.39250°E / 49.07778; 8.39250
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionKarlsruhe
DistrictKarlsruhe
Government
 • MayorBernd Stober
Area
 • Total26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total16,924
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
76344
Dialling codes0721 und 07247
Vehicle registrationKA
Websitewww.egg-leo.de

Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen/BW (UN/LOCODE: DE EGL) is a municipality of about 15000 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 a research centre Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (with the Forschungsreaktor 2 (FR2). In the west, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen borders on the Rhine River.

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. Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen is home to the Sportpark Fassbender, a noted tennis school and training facility.

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. pp. 93, 160–161. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

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