Hardtwald

The Hardt forest (the name probably comes from the field names " Hardt " ) is a historic woodland in the Upper Rhine Plain between Rastatt and Schwetzingen / Oftersheim, north and south of Karlsruhe. As the largest and best-known forest area of this region is designated on the right bank high shore as Hardt after him the landscape. Numerous local businesses, clubs, schools and buildings bear the word Hardt as part of the name. More rarely, the spelling Haardt is to read what should not lead to confusion with the left bank Haardt.

Nordhardt

North of Karlsruhe the Hardt Forest is an almost continuous, even and recreation bidding forest area ( state forest ). The Hardt forest is referred to herein as the green lung of Karlsruhe. Due to its extension in the form of the palace gardens, the green zone extends to the inner city. This serves the Hardt forest in addition to his job as a water catchment area as a fresh air corridor for the city. Deep in the forest area of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe was built. For northern Hardtwaldstadion includes the nature reserve Kohlplatte shock. The Nordhardt is crossed from south to north from the Stag channel and from east to west from Pfinz - relief channel.

Südhardt

South of Karlsruhe ranges of the Hardt forest to Ötigheim.

History

Until the founding of the city of Karlsruhe in 1715 the Hardt forest was still a contiguous forest area. Margrave Charles III. Wilhelm of Baden- Durlach, first built a castle with a network of paths through the Hardt Forest, which also served as a hunting ground him. After he built his erected in the woods resting place for the new residence, the city grew over time, and more and more forest land was cleared and cultivated.

During World War II ( code name "Venezuela " ) should carry the secret construction of a city dummy, a destruction of the city can be prevented with the famous Karlsruhe subjects floor plan in the northern Hardtwaldstadion between left home, Friedrichstal and Blankenloch, but this was unsuccessful.