Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort. In the meantime it has become a lively city with more than 23,000 inhabitants.
Palace of Stutensee
Schloss Stutensee
The Palace of Stutensee is the geographic center and namesake of the city. It was built in 1749 by Charles Margrave of Baden, by the 1,000-year-old oak trees. Today an institution of the Landeswohlfahrtsverband is located here.[citation needed]
Geography
The city is situated between Karlsruhe and Bruchsal in the Upper Rhine region and its altitude is 114 m (374 ft).
History
Stutensee was founded on 1 January 1975 when the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort were combined into one municipality.
All parts of the town are old villages. Spöck was first mentioned in official documents as Speccha in 865, Staffort 1110 as Stafphort, Blankenloch 1337 as Blankelach and Büchig 1373 as Buchech. Friedrichstal was founded in 1699. Huguenots fleeing religious persecution came from the north of France, and also by way of Belgium and Switzerland.[citation needed]
Traffic
Stutensee can be reached via the federal highway 5 Karlsruhe-Frankfurt (Karlsruhe-Durlach, Karlsruhe-Nord and Bruchsal junctions). Federal highways 3 (Buxtehude-Weil am Rhein) and 36 (Mannheim-Lahr/Schwarzwald) pass to the east and west of the town of Stutensee.[citation needed]
There is a train station and a stop on the Mannheim-Rastatt railroad line in the districts of Blankenloch and Friedrichstal. Local public transport is primarily served by the S2 light rail line of the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV). The stops in Stutensee are Büchig (Büchig), Süd, Tolna-Platz, Kirche, Mühlenweg, Nord (Blankenloch), Saint-Riquier-Platz, Mitte, Nord (Friedrichstal), Hochhaus and Richard-Hecht-Schule (Spöck). The extension of the S2 from Blankenloch to Friedrichstal and Spöck was opened on 24/25 June 2006. This means that only the Staffort district is not connected to the light rail. Several bus lines supplement the public transport network in the city area.[citation needed]
Education
Stutensee has the following schools: Erich-Kästner-Realschule, Thomas-Mann-Gymnasium, Pestalozzi-Grund- und Hauptschule Blankenloch, Theodor-Heuss-Grundschule Büchig, Friedrich-Magnus-Schule Friedrichstal (Grund- und Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule), Richard-Hecht-Schule Spöck (Grund mit Werkrealschule) and Drais-Grundschule Staffort.[citation needed]
There are also six Protestant and three municipal and three Roman Catholic kindergartens.[citation needed]
The adult education center in Stutensee is a public institution for further education. It is a branch of the non-profit organization Volkshochschule im Landkreis Karlsruhe.[citation needed]
Heinz Bender (1995), Vergangenheit und Zeitgeschehen: Eine Chronik. Blankenloch/Büchig/Schloss Stutensee [Past and Present: A Chronicle. Blankenloch / Büchig / Schloss Stutensee] (in German), Stutensee: Gemeinde
Konrad Dussel (2010), Staffort 1110 bis 2010; Streifzüge durch 900 Jahre Geschichte [Staffort 1110 to 2010; Wandering through 900 Years of History] (in German), Heidelberg, Ubstadt-Weiher, Basel: Regionalkultur, ISBN 978-3-89735-622-1
Wilhelm Hauck (1993), Staffort - Schloß und Dorf an der steten Furt. Geschichte und Geschichten [Staffort - Castle and village on the constant ford. History and stories] (in German), Stutensee: Gemeinde
Artur Hauer (1965), Das Hardtdorf Spöck. Seine politische, kirchliche und wirtschaftliche Geschichte [The village Spöck. Its political, ecclesiastical and economic history] (in German), Spöck: Bürgermeisteramt
Dieter H. Hengst (2000), Die alten Straßen noch… Bildband "Alt Friedrichsthal" [The old streets still ... Picture book "Old Friedrichsthal"] (in German) (2nd ed.), Friedrichstal: Heimat- und Hugenottenmuseum „Alt Friedrichsthal"
Moritz Hecht (1895), Drei Dörfer der badischen Hardt. Eine wirtschaftliche und sociale Studie [Three villages of the Baden hardt. An economic and social study] (in German), Leipzig{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (About Hagsfeld, Blankenloch und Friedrichstal)
Hanna Heidt (2003), Erinnerungen an die Vergangenheit [Memories of the past] (in German), Stutensee-Staffort: Schwanen (Eigenverlag)
Pia Hendel (2006), Stadt Stutensee (ed.), Stutensee - Bilder einer Stadt [Stutensee - Pictures of a Town] (in German), Heidelberg Ubstadt-Weiher Weil am Rhein Basel: Regionalkultur, ISBN 978-3-89735-430-2
Heiner Joswig (2004), Stadt Stutensee (ed.), Als unsere Kirche stehen blieb (in German)
Manfred G. Raupp (2010), Stadt Stutensee (ed.), Ortsfamilienbuch Staffort, 1669-1920 (in German), Mitarbeit von Gerhard Rau & Ekkehard Burde, Basel: Gesowip, ISBN 978-3-906129-64-8
Walter August Scheidle (2001), Ortssippenbuch Blankenloch-Büchig und dem Stutensee 1672–1920, Band 93 der Badischen Ortssippenbücher (in German), Blankenloch-Büchig: Heimat- und Museumsverein, ISBN 3-00-008164-X
Walter August Scheidle (2008), Ortssippenbuch Spöck, Baden 1667–1920, Band 124 der Badischen Ortssippenbücher (in German), Spöck: Heimat- und Kulturfreunde, ISBN 978-3-00-024233-5
Gallery
Blankenloch as viewed from Turmberg in Karlsruhe-Durlach
Kerns-Max-House at Blankenloch
Protestant Church in Stutensee-Blankenloch
"Hermannshäusle" and the Protestant Church (Michaeliskirche) at Blankenloch
Catholic Church at Blankenloch
Old Schoolhouse at Blankenloch
Railway station at Blankenloch
City Hall
Rathausgaessle Blankenloch
Protestant Church at Friedrichstal
Protestant Church at Spöck
Protestant Church at Staffort
Timber framing houses at Staffort
References
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^Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
^ "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.
