Stutensee

File:Schloss Stutensee 2.jpg

The Palace of Stutensee is the geographic center and namesake of the city. It was built in 1749 by Charles Margrave of Baden, by the 1,000-year-old oak trees. Today an institution of the Landeswohlfahrtsverband is located here.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

The city is situated between Karlsruhe and Bruchsal in the Upper Rhine region and its altitude is {{Convert|114|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Stutensee was founded on 1 January 1975 when the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort were combined into one municipality.

All parts of the town are old villages. Spöck was first mentioned in official documents as Speccha in 865, Staffort 1110 as Stafphort, Blankenloch 1337 as Blankelach and Büchig 1373 as Buchech. Friedrichstal was founded in 1699. Huguenots fleeing religious persecution came from the north of France, and also by way of Belgium and Switzerland.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Stutensee can be reached via the federal highway 5 Karlsruhe-Frankfurt (Karlsruhe-Durlach, Karlsruhe-Nord and Bruchsal junctions). Federal highways 3 (Buxtehude-Weil am Rhein) and 36 (Mannheim-Lahr/Schwarzwald) pass to the east and west of the town of Stutensee.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

There is a train station and a stop on the Mannheim-Rastatt railroad line in the districts of Blankenloch and Friedrichstal. Local public transport is primarily served by the S2 light rail line of the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV). The stops in Stutensee are Büchig (Büchig), Süd, Tolna-Platz, Kirche, Mühlenweg, Nord (Blankenloch), Saint-Riquier-Platz, Mitte, Nord (Friedrichstal), Hochhaus and Richard-Hecht-Schule (Spöck). The extension of the S2 from Blankenloch to Friedrichstal and Spöck was opened on 24/25 June 2006. This means that only the Staffort district is not connected to the light rail. Several bus lines supplement the public transport network in the city area.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Stutensee has the following schools: Erich-Kästner-Realschule, Thomas-Mann-Gymnasium, Pestalozzi-Grund- und Hauptschule Blankenloch, Theodor-Heuss-Grundschule Büchig, Friedrich-Magnus-Schule Friedrichstal (Grund- und Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule), Richard-Hecht-Schule Spöck (Grund mit Werkrealschule) and Drais-Grundschule Staffort.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

There are also six Protestant and three municipal and three Roman Catholic kindergartens.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

The adult education center in Stutensee is a public institution for further education. It is a branch of the non-profit organization Volkshochschule im Landkreis Karlsruhe.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

One of the town's association football club FC Germania Friedrichstal, formed in 1913, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for the first time.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

• Staffort Castle

• Daniel Caspary, Member of the European Parliament
• Werner Fischer, former President of the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe
• Manfred G. Raupp, agricultural scientist and economist
• Werner Raupp, historian and philosopher

• {{citation|surname1=Heinz Bender|title=Vergangenheit und Zeitgeschehen: Eine Chronik. Blankenloch/Büchig/Schloss Stutensee |publisher=Gemeinde |publication-place=Stutensee |year=1995 |language=German |trans-title=Past and Present: A Chronicle. Blankenloch / Büchig / Schloss Stutensee}}
• {{citation|surname1=Konrad Dussel |title=Staffort 1110 bis 2010; Streifzüge durch 900 Jahre Geschichte |publisher=Regionalkultur |publication-place=Heidelberg, Ubstadt-Weiher, Basel |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-89735-622-1 |language=German |trans-title=Staffort 1110 to 2010; Wandering through 900 Years of History}}
• {{citation|surname1=Wilhelm Hauck|title=Staffort - Schloß und Dorf an der steten Furt. Geschichte und Geschichten |publisher=Gemeinde |publication-place=Stutensee |year=1993 |language=German |trans-title = Staffort - Castle and village on the constant ford. History and stories}}
• {{citation|surname1=Artur Hauer|title=Das Hardtdorf Spöck. Seine politische, kirchliche und wirtschaftliche Geschichte |publisher=Bürgermeisteramt |publication-place=Spöck |year=1965 |language=German |trans-title = The village Spöck. Its political, ecclesiastical and economic history}}
• {{citation|surname1=Dieter H. Hengst|title=Die alten Straßen noch… Bildband "Alt Friedrichsthal" |edition=2nd |publisher=Heimat- und Hugenottenmuseum „Alt Friedrichsthal" |publication-place=Friedrichstal |year=2000 |language=German |trans-title=The old streets still ... Picture book "Old Friedrichsthal"}}
• {{citation|surname1=Moritz Hecht|title=Drei Dörfer der badischen Hardt. Eine wirtschaftliche und sociale Studie |publication-place=Leipzig |year=1895 |language=German |trans-title = Three villages of the Baden hardt. An economic and social study}} (About Hagsfeld, Blankenloch und Friedrichstal)
• {{citation|surname1=Hanna Heidt |title=Erinnerungen an die Vergangenheit |publisher=Schwanen (Eigenverlag) |publication-place=Stutensee-Staffort |year=2003 |language=German |trans-title=Memories of the past}}
• {{citation|surname1=Pia Hendel |editor-surname1=Stadt Stutensee |title=Stutensee - Bilder einer Stadt |publisher=Regionalkultur |publication-place=Heidelberg Ubstadt-Weiher Weil am Rhein Basel |year=2006 |isbn=978-3-89735-430-2 |language=German |trans-title=Stutensee - Pictures of a Town}}
• {{citation|surname1=Heiner Joswig |title=Als unsere Kirche stehen blieb |editor-surname1=Stadt Stutensee |year=2004 |language=German}}
• {{citation|surname1=Manfred G. Raupp |title=Ortsfamilienbuch Staffort, 1669-1920 |editor-surname1=Stadt Stutensee |others=Mitarbeit von Gerhard Rau & Ekkehard Burde |publisher=Gesowip |publication-place=Basel |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-906129-64-8 |language=German}}
• {{citation|surname1=Walter August Scheidle|title=Ortssippenbuch Blankenloch-Büchig und dem Stutensee 1672–1920 |series=Band 93 der Badischen Ortssippenbücher |publication-place=Blankenloch-Büchig |publisher=Heimat- und Museumsverein |year=2001 |isbn=3-00-008164-X |language=German}}
• {{citation|surname1=Walter August Scheidle|title=Ortssippenbuch Spöck, Baden 1667–1920 |series=Band 124 der Badischen Ortssippenbücher |publication-place=Spöck |publisher=Heimat- und Kulturfreunde |year=2008 |isbn=978-3-00-024233-5 |language=German}}

File:Blankenloch.png|Blankenloch as viewed from Turmberg in Karlsruhe-Durlach

File:Stutensee-Blankenloch Kerns Max Haus.JPG|Kerns-Max-House at Blankenloch

File:Stutensee Ev Kirche Blankenloch.jpg|Protestant Church in Stutensee-Blankenloch

File:Stutensee-Blankenloch Hermannshaeusle und Kirche.JPG|"Hermannshäusle" and the Protestant Church (Michaeliskirche) at Blankenloch

File:Stutensee Blankenloch Katholische Kirche 20070521.jpg|Catholic Church at Blankenloch

File:Stutensee Blankenloch Altes Schulhaus 20070521.jpg|Old Schoolhouse at Blankenloch

File:Stutensee Blankenloch Bahnhof 20070521.jpg|Railway station at Blankenloch

File:Stutensee Blankenloch Rathaus 20070521.jpg|City Hall

File:Stutensee Germany Rathausgaessle.jpg|Rathausgaessle Blankenloch

File:Stutensee-Friedrichstal evang Kirche.JPG|Protestant Church at Friedrichstal

File:Stutensee-Spoeck evang Kirche.JPG|Protestant Church at Spöck

File:Stutensee-Staffort evang Kirche.JPG|Protestant Church at Staffort

File:Stutensee-Staffort Fachwerk.JPG|Timber framing houses at Staffort

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