Karlsruhe - Marketplace

(Local Name: Marktplatz) South of the Karlsruhe palace, is the Marktplatz (pedestrian zone, shopping arcades), with the 6.50 m/20ft high red sandstone pyramid which has become the emblem of Karlsruhe. It contains the burial vault of the town's founder. On either side of the square, which divides the long Kaiserstrasse into two parts, are the Stadtkirche (Town Church; Protestant) and the Town Hall (Rathaus), both designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner.