[2] The idea for the district had the former Lord Mayor Günther Klotz in 1957, since there were not enough homes in the post-war period and the city was looking for new solutions for homeless people.

In addition to large rental apartments, numerous single-family and terraced houses were created, so that a mixed population resulted from different income groups.

Through the aging and the death of many owners of the starting time, a change of the residency level results above all in the large block of flats.

Waldstadt is connected to the Karlsruhe city center with tram line 4, which passes from the Hauptbahnhof via the Durlacher Tor to the Europäische Schule.

Through this concept, the through traffic in Waldstadt is minimized, but at the same time a drive from the part in the forest into the downtown (where the supply center is) connected with a detour.