Rastatt

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Until the end of the 17th century, Rastatt held little influence, but after its destruction by the French in 1689, it was rebuilt on a larger scale by Louis William, Margrave of Baden, the Imperial General in the Great Turkish War known popularly as Türkenlouis.

It then remained the residence of the Margraves of Baden-Baden until 1771. It was the location of the First and Second Congress of Rastatt, the former giving rise to the Treaty of Rastatt while the second ended in failure in 1799. In the 1840s, Rastatt was surrounded by fortifications to form the Fortress of Rastatt. For about 20 years previous to 1866, it was occupied by the troops of the German Confederation.{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Rastatt|year=1905}}

The Baden revolution of 1849 began with a mutiny of soldiers at Rastatt in May 1849 under Ludwik Mieroslawski and Gustav Struve, and ended there a few weeks later with the capture of the town by the Prussians. (See The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states and History of Baden.) For some years, Rastatt was one of the strongest fortresses of the German empire, but its fortifications were dismantled in 1890.

In the same year, the town's railway station was relocated closer to the centre of Rastatt, from a location formerly outside the town walls, in what is now an industrial area.

Between 1946 and 1954, about twenty major criminal proceedings (known as the Rastatt Trials) for crimes against foreign workers and prisoners in smaller camps in the National Socialist camp system in south-west Germany took place in front of the French Military Administration's Tribunal Général on the basis of Control Council Law No. 10, along with more than 2000 defendants.

In 1992, a new Mercedes-Benz car factory started production in Rastatt.{{cite web |title=Rastatt passenger car assembly plant inaugurated |url=https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko/25-May-1992.xhtml?oid=4912564 |website=mercedes-benz-publicarchive |access-date=11 June 2022 |language=en}}

Rastatt and the surrounding area is home to a variety of historical buildings, includes palaces and castles such as Schloss Rastatt and Schloss Favorite. It lies in the vicinity of the Black Forest and the French border.

By most sources, it is the warmest place in Germany.

Under the Köppen system, Rastatt has an meditteran and oceanic climate (Cfb), closely bordering an incredibly rare 48°N humid subtropical climate (Cfa), with mildly cold winters and long, very hot summers.

The city is close to the Karlsruhe. At the weatherstation in Rastatt a temperature of 46.3°C was recorded on 9th August 2003.

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|Jan record high C= 22.6

|Feb record high C= 24.5

|Mar record high C= 29.5

|Apr record high C= 34.7

|May record high C= 37.9

|Jun record high C= 41.5

|Jul record high C= 44.6

|Aug record high C= 46.3

|Sep record high C= 39.3

|Oct record high C= 35.1

|Nov record high C= 27.3

|Dec record high C= 22.2

|year record high C=

|Jan avg record high C= 13.8

|Feb avg record high C= 16.3

|Mar avg record high C= 21.6

|Apr avg record high C= 27.4

|May avg record high C= 32.5

|Jun avg record high C= 35.3

|Jul avg record high C= 36.6

|Aug avg record high C= 36.2

|Sep avg record high C= 31.7

|Oct avg record high C= 24.8

|Nov avg record high C= 18.3

|Dec avg record high C= 14.0

|year avg record high C=

|Jan high C = 5.7

|Feb high C = 7.9

|Mar high C = 13.3

|Apr high C = 18.6

|May high C = 23.0

|Jun high C = 26.4

|Jul high C = 28.6

|Aug high C = 28.1

|Sep high C = 23.8

|Oct high C = 16.6

|Nov high C = 10.4

|Dec high C = 6.4

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 2.2

|Feb mean C = 3.8

|Mar mean C = 7.9

|Apr mean C = 12.4

|May mean C = 17.3

|Jun mean C = 21.9

|Jul mean C = 23.6

|Aug mean C = 22.8

|Sep mean C = 16.5

|Oct mean C = 11.8

|Nov mean C = 6.6

|Dec mean C = 3.1

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 0.3

|Feb low C = 0.9

|Mar low C = 2.9

|Apr low C = 6.6

|May low C = 11.8

|Jun low C = 15.3

|Jul low C = 16.8

|Aug low C = 16.1

|Sep low C = 11.4

|Oct low C = 9.6

|Nov low C = 3.7

|Dec low C = 0.9

|year low C =

|Jan record low C= −18

|Feb record low C= −19.9

|Mar record low C= −12.9

|Apr record low C= −3.2

|May record low C= 0.4

|Jun record low C= 4.2

|Jul record low C= 8.9

|Aug record low C= 6.5

|Sep record low C= 0.9

|Oct record low C= −3.9

|Nov record low C= −8.4

|Dec record low C= −17.9

|year record low C=

|Jan precipitation mm = 44.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 42.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 36.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 45

|May precipitation mm = 36.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 24.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 12.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 19.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 38.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 46.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 65.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 53.9

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|year precipitation mm =

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 13

|Feb rain days = 11

|Mar rain days = 9

|Apr rain days = 14

|May rain days = 7

|Jun rain days = 6

|Jul rain days = 2

|Aug rain days = 4

|Sep rain days = 7

|Oct rain days = 10

|Nov rain days = 15

|Dec rain days = 10

|year rain days =

|Jan sun = 45.2

|Feb sun = 100.4

|Mar sun = 170.0

|Apr sun = 194.1

|May sun = 226.2

|Jun sun = 243.7

|Jul sun = 304.2

|Aug sun = 217.8

|Sep sun = 190.3

|Oct sun = 125.7

|Nov sun = 71.1

|Dec sun = 68.2

|year sun =

|source 1 = Weatheronline.de{{cite web

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|source 2 = Meteociel.fr{{cite web

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{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Rastatt is twinned with:{{cite web |title=GewachseneStädtefreundschaften über viele Grenzen hinweg|url=https://www.rastatt.de/index.php?id=95|website=rastatt.de|publisher=Rastatt|language=de|access-date=2021-03-12}}

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• Herman Fortunatus (1595–1665), Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
• Charles William (1627–1666), Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
• Augustus George (1706–1771), Margrave of Baden-Baden
• Joseph Frank (1771–1842), physician.{{Cite AmCyc |wstitle= Frank |volume=VII |pages= 428-429; see page 429 |quote= ....by his son. II. Joseph, a German physician....born at Rastadt, Dec. 23, 1771....|short=1}}
• Wilhelm Stemmermann (1888–1944), general in the Wehrmacht
• Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927), pianist and composer of classical music
• Bodo Uhse (1904–1963), writer
• Oliver Hassencamp (1921–1988), cabaret artist, actor and author
• Ricky King (born 1946), guitarist and musician
• Joachim Schuster (born 1962), politician (SDP)

• Christian Seifert (born 1969), football functionary
• Andria Lloyd (born 1971), Jamaican sprinter, studied locally, team bronze medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Philipp Laux (born 1973), footballer, played 230 games
• Christian Essig (born 1986), retired footballer, played 295 games

The plot of the historical novel The Lenz Papers by Stefan Heym (published London 1964) is set in 1849 Rastatt, during the failed revolutions in Germany in 1848.

Rastatt-Rathaus-04-2018-gje.jpg|Town hall

Rastatt-Murg-04-Wasserturm-Brauerei Franz-2016-gje.jpg|Murg river

Rastatt-Pagodenburg-10-Wasserturm-2006-gje.jpg|Pagodenburg and water tower

Rastatt-Franziskanerkloster-04-2018-gje.jpg|Former Franciscan monastery

Rastatt-Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium-06-2018-gje.jpg|Ludwig-Wilhelm school

Close Act-Saurus-120-gje.jpg|Street theatre festival

Rastatt-Hopfenschlingel-10-Bierwagen-2017-gje.jpg|Hopfenschlingel beer garden

Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-Hauptfassade-28-2006-gje.jpg|Schloss Favorite

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• [http://www.rastatt.de/ Official website]
• [https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/rastatt.php Rastatt pictures]
• {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Rastatt|year=1920 |short=x}}
• {{ws|The last half of Chapter 7 in Volume One of The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz describes Carl Schurz's recollections as an involuntary inhabitant of Rastatt before its surrender to the Prussians in 1849, and his escape through a sewer after the surrender}}

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