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Karlsruhe excels in quality of life, but falls behind in happiness
According to the new SKL Happiness Atlas 2025, Karlsruhe is objectively the most liveable city in Germany - and yet only ranks 38th out of 40 cities in terms of subjective happiness. The FÜR Karlsruhe electoral group on the local council is alarmed by this striking...
Karlsruhe far behind in the heat check
Environmental Action Germany has published a heat check for Germany. The study shows the extent to which people are exposed to extreme heat in their residential area. 190 cities in Germany were examined and a new Heat Exposure Index (HBI) was developed. This involves...
In the podcast: Why Karlsruhe needs to save money
The FÜR Karlsruhe electoral group in Karlsruhe's municipal council has published a new episode of its podcast format "The situation in Karlsruhe". In this episode, city councillor Friedemann Kalmbach (FÜR Karlsruhe) and podcast host Micha Schlittenhardt talk to the...
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The situation in Karlsruhe
Local politics? Climate? Construction projects? Our independent faction of Free Voters and FOR Karlsruhe in the Karlsruhe Municipal Council discusses the topics of the month in front of the camera and on the microphone. We give a review of what was decided for Karlsruhe, an outlook on what is on the agenda, and discuss major issues such as stadium construction, state theater or social affairs.
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Budget & Finances
Budget speech 2021 by City Councilor Petra Lorenz
On October 20, 2020, the parliamentary groups will hold their speeches on the 2021 city budget. Due to the special circumstances and the financial situation, the budget will only be passed for one more year instead of two years this year. City Councilor Petra Lorenz...
Everything from the local council in one place
Find out about the latest press releases from all the parliamentary groups in the Karlsruhe City Council in one place. We have brought together for you the latest news from the eight Karlsruhe parliamentary groups of the Greens, SPD, CDU, FDP, KAL/Die Partei, Die Linke and AfD, as well as from us, practically in one place.
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Compact news from the local council in magazine form on YUMPU and as a PDF.







