http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... It therefore considers itself the home of justice in Germany...
Due to similarities to the United States capital city, it has been speculated that Karlsruhe was a model city for the cityscape of Washington, D.C. Both cities have a center — in Karlsruhe the palace and in D.C. the Capitol Building — from which the streets radiate outward. L'Enfant, Washington's city planner, had been given the plans of Karlsruhe (among numerous other European cities) as an inspiration.
According to legend, the name Karlsruhe, which translates as Charles’ repose, was given to the new city after a hunting trip when Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, woke from a dream in which he dreamt of founding his new city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe,_North_Dakota
