Philippsburg

show This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (February 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Philippsburg]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|de|Philippsburg}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Philippsburg
Coat of arms
show Location of Philippsburg Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Philippsburg Philippsburg Show map of GermanyShow map of Baden-WürttembergShow all
Coordinates: 49°14′0″N 08°27′0″E / 49.23333°N 8.45000°E / 49.23333; 8.45000Coordinates: 49°14′0″N 08°27′0″E / 49.23333°N 8.45000°E / 49.23333; 8.45000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Karlsruhe
Government
• Mayor	Stefan Martus
Area
• Total	50.56 km2 (19.52 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,723
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76661
Dialling codes	07256
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	www.philippsburg.de

Philippsburg (German: [ˈfɪlɪpsˌbʊʁk] (listen)) is a town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.

History[]

Before 1632, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim".

Frotress of Udenheim 1615

The city was a possession of the Bishop of Speyer from 1371–1718. The town is named after Philipp Christoph von Sötern,^[3] who was bishop from 1610–1652. It was ruled by France between 1644 and 1676 and again between 1688 and 1697. The city became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1803.

Farm and power plant

Historically, possession of the town was disputed between Germany and France. Formerly, there was a fortress located at the town, whose location was mentioned by Carl von Clausewitz. In Book VI of On War, he suggested that "If a fortress cannot be located directly on a river, it is better not to place it in the immediate vicinity, but some fifty to sixty miles away; otherwise the river will cut through and interfere with its sphere of influence with respect to all the points mentioned above." He then mentions in a footnote "Philippsburg was a perfect example of how not to site a fortress. Its location was that of an idiot standing with his nose against the wall.".^[4] The fortress was besieged in 1688, and 1734, and during the War of the Second Coalition.

Miscellaneous[]

The town is the site of the Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant and a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant.

People[]

• Franz Burda (1903-1986), publisher

Bibliography[]

The siege of Philippsburg is covered in Clausewitz's campaign history.

• Clausewitz, Carl von (2021). The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3034-9

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philippsburg.

• "Philippsburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 21 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 400.
• Official website (in German)
• http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/VomKriege2/BK6ch11.html^{[permanent dead link]} - Note that this is a link to the free, outdated 1873 translation of On War
• Translation of German Wikipedia article, which is much more complete