The "Villa Daslar" - today's Daxlanden - is mentioned in a papal document from 1261. A resettlement of the town in 1651 was unavoidable after a dam burst, as its location as a customs station on the Rhine had brought in good income since the Middle Ages. Gold was also panned in the Goldgrund until the eighteenth century. After the Rhine correction by Tulla and the ongoing disputes with Palatinate communities, the function as a shipping and customs station finally became on the right bank of the Rhine. After the Rhine port opened in 1901, the former fishing and farming village increasingly became a workers' village. In 1910 Daxlanden was incorporated into Karlsruhe. With its idyllic and harmonious greenery and the scenic surroundings, the core of the district looks more like a village than a district of Karlsruhe. The Albsiedlung and the Rheinstrandsiedlung complement this historical townscape.

Since there is hardly any through traffic, Daxlanden is relatively quiet and twenty minutes from the center of Karlsruhe. The operations at the Rhine port and their emissions are the only disturbing aspects of this place. With over 30 clubs, old half-timbered houses and the almost 300-year-old St. Valentniskirche, Daxlanden is worth seeing and has a diverse community life.

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