page_title: Durlach
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Durlach / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: de:Ruine Turmberg in Karlsruhe-Durlach. Vorne rechts am Turm das Sanitäter-Denkmal English: Tower on top of Mt. Turmberg in the city of Karlsruhe, in the district of Durlach. On the right front side of the tower, the paramedic's memorial can be seen.
context_page_description: Durlach is a borough of the German city of Karlsruhe with a population of roughly 30,000.
context_section_description: Durlach was bestowed by emperor Frederick II on the margrave Hermann V of Zähringen as an allodial possession.
  It was chosen by the margrave Charles II in 1565 as residence of the rulers of Baden-Durlach, and retained this distinction though it was almost totally destroyed by the French in 1689.
  Margrave Charles III William decided that he needed more space which led to the foundation of Karlsruhe in 1715, which three years later became the new capital until the state was merged into the grand-duchy of Baden.
  In 1846, it was the seat of a congress of the Liberal Party of the Baden Parliament. In 1849 during the Baden Revolution, it was the scene of an encounter between the Prussians and the insurgents.
  In 1938, Durlach was incorporated into Karlsruhe, which had was now bigger and connected by a canal and an avenue of poplars with it, on the left bank of the Pfinz, at the foot of the Turmberg.
  During the Second World War, 329 people were killed in Durlach.
  Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach and Ernst Ludwig Posselt (1763-1804, historian) were natives of the town.
caption: The tower on the hill Turmberg
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