Karlsbad (Baden)

Karlsbad
Karlsbad
Coordinates	48°54′52″N 8°30′23″E / 48.91444°N 8.50639°E / 48.91444; 8.50639Coordinates: 48°54′52″N 8°30′23″E / 48.91444°N 8.50639°E / 48.91444; 8.50639
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Karlsruhe
Mayor	Rudi Knodel
Basic statistics
Area	38.01 km2 (14.68 sq mi)
Elevation	264 m  (866 ft)
Population	15,808 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	416 /km2 (1,077 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KA
Postal code	76307
Area codes	07202, 07248
Website	www.karlsbad.de

Karlsbad is an administrative area in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 13 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 15 km west of Pforzheim. The largest town in Karlsbad is Langensteinbach, where its administration offices are situated. Other constituent towns and villages include Spielberg, Ittersbach, Mutschelbach, and Auerbach.

Langensteinbach, Spielberg and Ittersbach are all connected to each other and to the city of Karlsruhe by the Albtalbahn, an electric railway that forms part of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. Ittersbach is the terminus of this branch of the Albtalbahn, which operates as line S11.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 
2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 93. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.