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{{Short description|District of Karlsruhe}}
{{Infobox German location
| name = Weststadt
| type = Borough
| City = Karlsruhe
| image_coa = Wappen Karlsruher Weststadt.png
| image_plan = Locator map Weststadt in Karlsruhe.svg
| plantext =
| state = Baden-Württemberg
| district = [[Urban districts of Germany|Urban district]]
| coordinates = {{coord|49|1|N|8|23|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| population = 19849
| population_as_of = 2014-06-30
| pop_ref =
| area = 1.7251
| elevation =
| postal_code = 76133, 76135, 76185
| area_code = 0721
}}
'''Weststadt''' is a district in the west of Karlsruhe between the city center and the older district of [[Mühlburg]]. The most famous part of the district is the avenue ''Kaiserallee''.
==History==
The area south of the Kaiserallee was an industrial area from the [[Gründerzeit]] era, where the first gasworks and the beer cellars of the Karlsruhe breweries were located, which then also moved their increasingly industrial production facilities here. The dense [[Art Nouveau]] residential development that was added later has shaped this area to this day, even after the industry moved away.<ref name="meinka">{{cite web |url=https://meinka.de/weststadt/ |title=Weststadt – der beliebte & schöne Karlsruher Stadtteil |last=Hofheinz |first=Melanie |date=31 August 2021 |website=meinka.de |publisher=meinKA |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
On the site of today's Gutenbergplatz there was initially an [[execution]] site until 1829, then a shooting range for the military from 1867 to 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.karlsruhe-erleben.de/geschichten/stadtteile/Ein-Tag-in-der-Weststadt |title=Ein Tag in der Weststadt |last= |first= |date= |website=karlsruhe-erleben.de |publisher=KTG Karlsruhe Tourismus GmbH |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
The northern part was a government and residential area from the beginning and has remained so to this day. The striking beginning at ''Mühlburger-Tor-Platz'' is the ''Rathaus West'' (city hall), followed by the ''Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe'' (state archive), the ''Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe'' (court), the ''Justizvollzugsanstalt Karlsruhe'' (prison, designed by Josef Durm in 1897 in the style of an Italian palazzo with consideration for the surroundings), the [[Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe|municipal psychiatry]] and the [[State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe]].<ref name="meinka" />
The northern part is crossed by the ''Hildapromenade'', the route of the original [[Maxau Railway]], which was used as an urban green space after its relocation and named after the last Grand Duchess of Baden [[Princess Hilda of Nassau]].<ref name="meinka" />
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.ka-w.de/ Weststadt on the website of the citizens' association Bürgerverein der Weststadt e. V.]
{{Boroughs of Karlsruhe}}
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