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Philippsburg
	Philippsburg
	; Philippsburg
Coordinates	49°14′0″N 08°27′0″E / 49.233333°N 8.45°E
	Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Karlsruhe
Mayor	Stefan Martus
	Basic statistics
Area	50.56 km2 (19.52 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (328 ft)
Population	12,562 (31 December 2005)
- Density	248 /km2 (644 /sq mi)
	Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KA
Postal code	76661
Area code	07256
Website	www.philippsburg.de

Not to be confused with Phillipsburg, Philippsbourg, or Philipsburg.

Philippsburg is a town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.

[edit] History

Before 1632, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim".

The city was a possession of the Bishop of Speyer from 1371–1718, one of whom was Philipp Christoph von Sötern (bishop from 1610–1652), who gave the town its name.

Historically, possession of the town was disputed between Germany and France. Formerly there was a fortress located at the town, whose location was mentioned by Carl von Clausewitz. In the book 6 of 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 awar; 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."^[1]. The fortress was the site of a siege in 1734 during the War of the Polish Succession.