The former fishing village lies west of the city center of Karlsruhe, near the Rhine on the river Alb and comprises about 11,500 inhabitants.

von Saarwerden settled a dispute over hunting rights in the "Daheslarerau" and surrounding areas between Rupert, King of Germany, and Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden in favour of the former.

With the division of the Margraviate of Baden, Daxlanden was designated to Baden-Baden and belonged therewith to the Ettlingen Council.

A break in the dam on the Rhein destroyed 700 acres of fields, 20 houses and the local church.

Following many such flooding catastrophes afflicting the borough, a new Daxlanden was established on a high bank further from the Rhein.