Editing Karlsruhe (section)

==Economy==
Germany's largest [[oil refinery]] is located in Karlsruhe, at the western edge of the city, directly on the river [[Rhine]]. The ''Technologieregion Karlsruhe'' is a loose confederation of the region's cities in order to promote [[high tech]] industries; today, about 20% of the region's jobs are in [[research and development]]. [[EnBW]], one of Germany's biggest [[electric utility]] companies, with a revenue of €19.2&nbsp;billion in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|title=Financial Report 2012|url=https://www.enbw.com/media/konzern/docs/integrierte-berichterstattung/bericht-2012/enbw-finanzbericht-2012.pdf|publisher=EnBW|page=3}}</ref> is headquartered in the city.

===Internet activities===
Due to the [[University of Karlsruhe|Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]] providing services until the late 1990, Karlsruhe became known as the ''internet capital'' of Germany.<ref>See [http://www.young-germany.de/topic/study/city-campus/karlsruhe-germanys-internet-capital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930205718/http://www.young-germany.de/topic/study/city-campus/karlsruhe-germanys-internet-capital|date=2015-09-30}}, a webpage by the Federal Foreign Office</ref> The [[DENIC]], Germany's [[network information centre]], has since moved to Frankfurt, though, where [[DE-CIX]] is located.

Two major [[internet service provider]]s, [[WEB.DE]] and [[schlund+partner]]/[[1&1 Internet|1&1]], now both owned by [[United Internet]]&nbsp;AG, are located at Karlsruhe.

The library of the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]] developed the [[Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog]], the first internet site that allowed researchers worldwide (for free) to search multiple library catalogues worldwide.

In 2000, the regional online newspaper ''ka-news.de'' was created. As a daily newspaper, it not only provides the news, but also informs readers about upcoming events in Karlsruhe and surrounding areas.
[[File:Karlsruhe Rbf Einfahrgruppe.jpg|thumb|[[Rail yard]], [[bypass (road)|bypass road]] Südtangente]]

In addition to established companies, Karlsruhe has a vivid and spreading startup community with well-known startups. Together, the local [[high tech]] industry is responsible for over 22,000 jobs.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.clusterportal-bw.de/clusterdatenbank/clusterdb/Clusterinitiative/show/clusterinitiative/cyberforum-e-v/ | title=Region: Mittlerer Oberrhein Informationstechnologie, IT-Anwendungen / Unternehmenssoftware | access-date=2015-05-08}}</ref>