Editing Karlsruhe (section)

==Government==

===Justice===
[[File:Karlsruhe bundesverfassungsgericht.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]]]]
Karlsruhe is the seat of the German [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany|Federal Constitutional Court]] ''(Bundesverfassungsgericht)'' and the highest [[Court of Appeals]] in civil and criminal cases, the ''[[Bundesgerichtshof]]''. The courts came to Karlsruhe after World War II, when the provinces of [[Baden Germany|Baden]] and [[Württemberg]] were merged. [[Stuttgart]], capital of Württemberg, became the capital of the new province ([[Württemberg-Baden]] in 1945 and [[Baden-Württemberg]] in 1952). In compensation for the state authorities relocated to Stuttgart, Karlsruhe applied to become the seat of the high court.<ref>Stadt Karlsruhe Stadtarchiv (ed.): ''Karlsruhe. Die Stadtgeschichte.'' Badenia, Karlsruhe 1998, {{ISBN|3-7617-0353-8}}, p. 591–594</ref>

===Public health===
There are four hospitals: The ''[[Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital]]'' provides the maximum level of medical services, the ''St. Vincentius-Kliniken'' and the ''[[Deaconess|Diakonissen]]<nowiki />krankenhaus'', connected to the Catholic and Protestant churches, respectively, offer central services, and the private ''Paracelsus-Klinik'' basic medical care, according to state hospital demand planning.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}