Planned as a symbol of Baden's power, the original intention was to engrave the distances to various Baden towns from Karlsruhe in today's constitutional column.
The Constitution Column was erected from 1822 to 1827 according to designs by Friedrich Weinbrenner. Made of red sandstone, the column rises 7.80 metres into the sky in the middle of Rondellplatz. In 1832, after the death of his successor, the column was dedicated to Grand Duke Karl, who once signed the Baden constitution, one of the most liberal of its time. The column bears the inscription "To the founder of the constitution, the grateful city of Carlsruhe".
