# Philippsburg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philippsburg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philippsburg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippsburg > Source revision: 1296798789 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other places with the same name, see [Philippsburg (disambiguation)](/source/Philippsburg_(disambiguation)). Not to be confused with [Phillipsburg](/source/Phillipsburg_(disambiguation)), [Philippsbourg](/source/Philippsbourg), or [Philipsburg](/source/Philipsburg_(disambiguation)). You can help expand this article 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. 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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Philippsburg Town Coat of arms Location of Philippsburg within Karlsruhe district Location of Philippsburg Philippsburg Show map of Germany Philippsburg Show map of Baden-Württemberg Coordinates: 49°14′N 08°27′E / 49.233°N 8.450°E / 49.233; 8.450 Country Germany State Baden-Württemberg Admin. region Karlsruhe District Karlsruhe Government • Mayor (2021–29) Stefan Martus[1] Area • Total 50.54 km2 (19.51 sq mi) Elevation 100 m (330 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 13,748 • Density 272.0/km2 (704.5/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 pronunciation: [\[ˈfɪlɪpsbʊʁk\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Philippsburg.ogg)) is a town in the district of [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe_(district)), [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), Germany. ## History Before 1623, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim". Fortress of Udenheim 1615 The city was a possession of the [Bishop of Speyer](/source/Bishopric_of_Speyer) from 1316 to 1803. The town is named after [Philipp Christoph von Sötern](/source/Philipp_Christoph_von_S%C3%B6tern),[3] who was bishop from 1610–1652. It was ruled by [France](/source/France) between 1644 and 1676 and again between 1688 and 1697. The city became part of the [Grand Duchy of Baden](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden) in 1803. Farm and power plant Historically, possession of the town was disputed between Germany and [France](/source/France). Formerly, there was a fortress located at the town, whose location was mentioned by [Carl von Clausewitz](/source/Carl_von_Clausewitz). In Book VI of *[On War](/source/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 [1644](/source/Siege_of_Philippsburg_(1644)), [1676](/source/Siege_of_Philippsburg_(1676)), [1688](/source/Siege_of_Philippsburg_(1688)), and [1734](/source/Siege_of_Philippsburg_(1734)), and during the [War of the Second Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Second_Coalition) in 1799. Following the [Peace of Lunéville](/source/Peace_of_Lun%C3%A9ville), the fortress was demolished. ## Miscellaneous The town is the site of the [Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant](/source/Philippsburg_Nuclear_Power_Plant) and a [Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company](/source/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company) plant. ## People - [Franz Burda](/source/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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7006-3034-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7006-3034-9) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse](https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/), Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024"](https://daten.statistik-bw.de/genesisonline/online?operation=statistic&levelindex=0&levelid=1757432774350&code=12411#abreadcrumb) [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). [Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Archbishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern \[Catholic-Hierarchy\]"](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsotern.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *On War*, Book VI, Chapter 11, p.483, Carl von Clausewitz, translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-679-42043-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-42043-6) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Philippsburg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Philippsburg). - ["Philippsburg"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Philippsburg). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 400. - [Official website](http://www.philippsburg.de) (in German) - [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20061021205548/http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/VomKriege2/BK6ch11.html) - 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](https://web.archive.org/web/20071010123540/http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done) v t e Towns and municipalities in Karlsruhe (district) Bad Schönborn Bretten Bruchsal Dettenheim Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Ettlingen Forst Gondelsheim Graben-Neudorf Hambrücken Karlsbad Karlsdorf-Neuthard Kraichtal Kronau Kürnbach Linkenheim-Hochstetten Malsch Marxzell Oberderdingen Oberhausen-Rheinhausen Östringen Pfinztal Philippsburg Rheinstetten Stutensee Sulzfeld Ubstadt-Weiher Waghäusel Waldbronn Walzbachtal Weingarten Zaisenhausen Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe County Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Israel Geographic MusicBrainz area Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Philippsburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippsburg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippsburg?action=history)). 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