Rheinstrasse 77a (lost in 2024)
Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Karlsruhe e. V. February 2018 This device consisting of yellow glowing tubes is located at the building RheinstrasseRead More →
Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Karlsruhe e. V. February 2018 This device consisting of yellow glowing tubes is located at the building RheinstrasseRead More →
Bar Augustiner On the balcony above the entrance Sophienstrasse / corner Lessingstrasse is the name of the bar in yellowRead More →
Hotel Greif December 2018 Above the entrance door on Ebertstrasse is a lettering made of white glowing tubes. June 2023Read More →
Pharmacy Herder-Apotheke February 2018 Above the entrance of the pharmacy at the corner of Kaiserallee / Herderstrasse is a deviceRead More →
Bar December 2022 On the right above the entrance door is a double-sided boom with the red lettering “BAR”. TheRead More →
Hoepfner February 2018 On the roof of the residential and commercial building is this device, consisting of single letters attachedRead More →
AWO childcare center “Aufwind” February 2018 On the facade of the building of the day care center is this moreRead More →
Office for waste management of the City of Karlsruhe February 2018 At the gable end of the municipal office forRead More →
Pharmacy May 2021 All that remains of the former pharmacy in the building is the signet. This glowed in classicRead More →
Pharmacy Hof-Apotheke The Großherzogliche Hof-Apotheke from 1718 closed in April 2024 due to financial unprofitability. The neon sign, known farRead More →
Böckeler Confiserie- und Kaffeehausbetriebe GmbH February 2018 This is a corner building, on the facade of which the yellow fluorescentRead More →
The “Karlsruher Mess’” takes place several times a year. Only rarely you can find colorful neon lights in such aRead More →
Haarhaus Karlsruhe February 2018 In pink glowing tubes above the shop windows of the first floor is this lettering. ItRead More →
Schuster Schaltanlagen April 2019 On the building of the former company headquarters there is an installation consisting of two letteringRead More →
City Play February 2018 Above the entrance area, there is an illuminated advertising sign on the canopy, to which additionalRead More →
Music Club 77 February 2018 The name of this club is displayed with red and blue tubes in a windowRead More →
City Play Spielcenter February 2018 On this building, the light tubes are used for three different purposes at once. First,Read More →
Eiscafé Pierod December 2019 In the building entrance, through which the café is reached, there is a lettering of lightRead More →
Sparkasse Karlsruhe In December 1962, neon signs referred to the then names of today’s Sparkasse Karlsruhe. There were also neonRead More →
Volksbank Building In a photo from December 1962, many neon signs can be seen on and around the “Volksbank Building”.Read More →
Clothing house C&A Brenninkmeyer The facade and arcade roof of the fashion house, which opened in 1956, were once adornedRead More →
In a Karlsruhe Facebook group, some photos recently appeared that interested me very much. They were digitized color slides that,Read More →
Die Fritte Directly next to the western entrance to the “Filmpalast am ZKM” there is an device of multicolored tubesRead More →
Anno 1516 (Novotel Karlsruhe City) In the windows of the pub belonging to the hotel “Novotel” are neon advertisements ofRead More →
Leo Mane Barbershop On the canopy there is a lettering of white luminous single letters. The device was manufactured byRead More →
Coffeein May 2018 In the window of the coffee bar, which opened in 2018, there is a vertical lettering madeRead More →
uBu Café and Bar Above the three windows on the first floor is a green luminous lettering with the nameRead More →
Leos Jeans (in the shopping mall “Ettlinger Tor”) Above the entrance area is the sign of the store chain. TheRead More →
Eiscafé Florenz (in the shopping mall “Ettlinger Tor”) The lettering made of single orange letters behind plexiglass is in operationRead More →
Eiscafe Cortina Above the entrance area on the first floor is a two-part lettering with the name of the iceRead More →
MUSIC POOL The record store in the Waldhof (passage between Kaiserstrasse and Erbprinzenstrasse) no longer exists. The photo is fromRead More →
Café am Zoo Even before the Second World War, there was the “Café am Zoo” at the location; even then,Read More →
In the last days there were some new additions to the historical devices in Karlsruhe. I received them from GeorgRead More →
Amenta Cosmetic The signet of the cosmetic studio shone in neon in the early 2000s. Once in the shop windowRead More →
Karstadt In one of the sales departments in the store Karstadt there was this neon lettering in the 1990s.Read More →
Paul Schulz GmbH home textiles This is probably one of the most beautiful former illuminated advertisements in Karlsruhe – neonRead More →
Gundlach KG, Kinderwagen The store closed in the autumn of 2001 and the devices were removed.Read More →
Used cars There is no verified information about this device. The photo is from the 90s.Read More →
Italian ice cream cafe Adria January 2021 Above the window and entrance area, along the entire length of the façade,Read More →
A net find shows the variety of neon signs that existed in Karlsruhe in the 1960s. Almost all of theseRead More →
Hoepfner February 2018 In green glowing tubes typical of the brewery, this large device is located on the roof ofRead More →
Schneyer On one part of the building below the edge of the roof there is this lettering made of presumablyRead More →
Hairdresser Mungenast February 2018 Above the shop window, on the simple advertising sign in the left area, there is aRead More →
House 7 The purple shining “7” is house number and at the same time signet of the business there. TheRead More →
Tchibo February 2020 In the store window hangs the company logo in the form of a coffee bean made ofRead More →
Restaurant “El Taquito” In the courtyard (“Passagehof”) there is a display in the form of a cactus with a hat.Read More →
Restaurant Mogogo On the side wall of the building is the lettering “RESTAURANT”, which consists of single letters. The deviceRead More →
Café Rih Above the entrance there is a double-sided cantilever with two neon elements each in red and green color.Read More →
Cafè pazzo In the window of the café hangs an installation of green and yellow tubes with the advertisement forRead More →
Monk Bar May 2018 On the roof above the entrance area is the name of the bar made of whiteRead More →
Stadtwerke Karlsruhe – Customer Center Durlach February 2018 On the facade was an illuminated advertising sign with clock as aRead More →
Stadtwerke Karlsruhe – Customer Center Kaiserstraße February 2018 An interesting device was located on the facade of the Stadtwerke customerRead More →
Hotel Betzler On the facade there are two devices with blue luminous tubes. The tubes are mounted on stainless steelRead More →
Hotel Handelshof February 2018 On the canopy above the entrance on the left and right side were single letters madeRead More →
Restaurant zum Adler February 2018 On this corner building, on the facade facing Ochsentorstrasse, at the level of the secondRead More →
Cherie-Bar February 2018 Above the entrance and window area of the first floor was a lettering made of red luminousRead More →
Griener GmbH Above a garage entrance on the company’s premises is a lettering made of single letters, which presumably glowedRead More →
Badische Neueste Nachrichten (BNN) The device at the corner of Lammstrasse and Zirkel consisted of blue luminous tubes mounted onRead More →
Stoff-Ideen The device of red light tubes has been on the building for a long time and originally has nothingRead More →
Hotel Winzerhaus The hotel is closed, but the premises are apparently occupied. At the level of the second floor onRead More →
Antilöwa On the roof of the building there is a relatively large installation with single letters made of red fluorescentRead More →
Deutsche Homöopathie-Union (DHU) On the roof of the building were single-letter tubes, which probably glowed red. It is not knownRead More →
Hotel and commercial building Illuminated tubes on the facade and on the roof of the house and arcade – that’sRead More →
Restaurant Künstlerkneipe Above the entrance gate there is a yellow luminous crown and green luminous lettering.Read More →
Reifen Karle Above the house passage there is a vertical lettering made of single blue letters. The device is defectiveRead More →
Uhren Weisser On the facade there were two quite artful devices with white and blue tubes. For their protection theyRead More →
Ercik Creativ Team Although this lettering is not a fixed outdoor installation, I include it here because of its originality.Read More →
Guest house “Alte Münze” Above the entrance on the corner of Sophienstrasse and Hirschstrasse is the lettering “HOTEL”. Furthermore, onRead More →
City Play January 2018 On the canopy of the building there is an illuminated advertising sign with red and blueRead More →
Hieke House On the facade of this store building, which was built in 1954, there were a lot of neonRead More →
Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Above a shop window in the courtyard is a lettering made of single letters glowing blue.Read More →
Cantina Majolika Above the entrance to the restaurant on the grounds of the Staatliche Majolika Keramik Manufaktur is a blueRead More →
Hotel Eden On the gable end of the building, at the level of the third floor, there is a letteringRead More →
Diefenbacher GmbH + Co Getränkevertrieb KG In addition to many other advertising installations, there is also an old neon signRead More →
DIY store “Bauhaus” with Stadtgarten Above the window front is a lettering of presumably blue glowing tubes. The device appearsRead More →
Food market Above the windows there are three letterings of presumably yellow and blue glowing tubes. The device is defectiveRead More →
Tullabad The Tullabad (indoor swimming pool) existed from 1955 to 2008. On the roof above the entrance area there wasRead More →
Kammer-Kirsch GmbH On a garage roof in the entrance area, single letters made of presumably red luminous tubes are attachedRead More →
Metzlersche Buchhandlung On the facade of this bookstore there is a vertical cantilever with the lettering “BÜCHER”. On the rightRead More →
Butchery Kappler On the facade of the building are two cantilevers on both sides with red fluorescent tubes. The deviceRead More →
Hotel Kuebler Above the entrance on the facade is a double-sided vertical cantilever with the words “HOTEL” with presumably greenRead More →
Zum Moninger The building was constructed in 1901 by the architectural firm of Hermann Walder & Rauschenberg in the ArtRead More →
Molkerei-Zentrale Südwest On the roof or at the edge of the roof of the administration building of the former dairyRead More →
Station Durlach From 1963 to 1992, there was the Karlsruhe loading station for “DB Auto im Reisezug” at the stationRead More →
Radio Freytag The building, which housed a store of “Radio Freytag”, had a large illuminated advertisement of the Saba companyRead More →
Gaststätte zum Dammerstock The restaurant under this name no longer exists; the device made of yellow tubes is out ofRead More →
American Diner Above the entrance there is a large illuminated advertisement with additional white tubes. Furthermore, blue and red luminousRead More →
L’Osteria Above the first floor, the facades facing the Zaehringerstrasse and the Lammstrasse each feature three identical letterings made ofRead More →
Eiscafé Casal At the entrance is this modern cantilever of white, green, red and yellow luminous tubes. The tubes areRead More →
Medical supply store Ruck Somewhat hidden above the entrance roof is this device of relatively small, green glowing single letters.Read More →
Reif.B Fashion & Shoes February 2018 There are several illuminated advertisements on the facade. Among others, there is a smallRead More →
Elektro Boy GmbH Above the entrance door at the corner of Boeckhstrasse / Klauprechtstrasse is this device with presumably blueRead More →
Confiserie Gordani Lasch On the facade there is a two-part vertical cantilever. The tubes in the upper part shine inRead More →
Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co.KG Above the entrance, the name of the company is displayed in the form ofRead More →
Hotel Markgräfler Hof The “Hotel” lettering in yellow tubes is mounted as a vertical cantilever on the facade facing DurlacherRead More →
Augenoptik Fischer In the upper window of the door there is a representation of a pair of glasses in yellowRead More →
Lessing-Gymnasium The name of the grammar school is displayed in pink illuminated letters on the facade. This was attached inRead More →
Pharmacy in the Scheck-In Center There are several devices for a pharmacy at this shopping center building. The center wasRead More →
Pub “Auerhahn” Above the entrance of this pub there is a horizontal cantilever with green and yellow light tubes protectedRead More →
Wholesale market of the City of Karlsruhe On the roof of the administration building there are large single letters madeRead More →
Brick + Bone Steakhouse A clear instruction where to go is above the door of an entrance in this building.Read More →
Pharmacy Rhein-Apotheke in the Medical center Mühlburg On the canopy above the entrance is a rotating illuminated advertising sign withRead More →
Gallery Brennofen 13 On the facade of this building there are two wing-like metal sheets on which lettering made ofRead More →
SUN PLAY On the vertical cantilever, which consists of simple luminous signs, outside are purple tubes representing an arrow pointingRead More →
Bookstore Mächtlinger In addition to the two yellow illuminated advertising installations, there is another installation with blue illuminated tubes inRead More →
Optik Dumas Above the first floor on a vaulted canopy is this device with yellow tubes. The neon sign datesRead More →
Hair salon Kiemle On the cantilever are green luminous tubes on both sides.Read More →
Optik Steidinger Above the entrance area of the store there are two identical installations with light blue tubes. They wereRead More →
Pharmacy Park-Apotheke Above the entrance of the store are single letters made of green glowing tubes. In the summer ofRead More →
Movie theater Schauburg A nice combination can be found traditional cinema “Schauburg”. Red letters are on the entrance canopy andRead More →
Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck GmbH (BNN) Below the edge of the roof of the tall building are three letters eachRead More →
Pharmacy Stadt-Apotheke This building has two devices in red tubes on the corner of Karlstrasse and Erbprinzenstrasse. A large oneRead More →
Ringcafé Boeckeler Until the end of 2020, this was the “Café Brenner”. In January 2021, it reopened under the nameRead More →
Lehner’s Wirtshaus The device was out of operation for a long time, but since September 2022 it has been shiningRead More →
Hotel Kaiserhof On the side of the building facing Hebelstrasse there are two letterings with green tubes. At the hotelRead More →
Fashion house Carl Schoepf GmbH & Co. KG On the side facing the Marktplatz, green fluorescent tubes are installed asRead More →
Pharmacy Zentral-Apotheke On the facade are two small cantilevers of the pharmacy logos, each with red and green tubes respectively.Read More →
Laserklinik Karlsruhe On the curved corner facade there is a combination of blue tubes and luminous plastic letters. The blueRead More →
Bluemovie The lettering as well as the framing consist of presumably blue tubes. The device was bought in 1976. ARead More →
Hoepfner On the roof of the building there is a large device of the Hoepfner brewery in green tubes. TheRead More →
Universum-City Cinema Both parts of the lettering were renewed in 2018 and shine in an intense blue. As I learnedRead More →
Figure theater “marotte” Above the window is a font made of red fluorescent tubes.Read More →
iii Fonds On the façade of the skyscraper, in the upper area, there is a large device consisting of tubesRead More →
Hotel Maison Suisse In the area of the second floor there is a vertical cantilever with single letters made ofRead More →
Hotel Maison Suisse A very colorful device as an advertisement for a hotel is located at this building Hildebrandstrasse /Read More →
Erhardt office store Towards Waldstrasse, this vertical cantilever is in green letters. Furthermore, above the first floor along the facadeRead More →
Erotic-Treff In the two windows in the building Hardtstrasse / corner Rheinstrasse are these fluorescent tubes. In the window facingRead More →
Private brewery Hoepfner and Hoepfner Burghof On the facade of the Hoepfner Castle are these two lettering with green tubesRead More →
Classic Clean Textile cleaning This installation of red tubes is placed above the entrance area on the first floor. TheRead More →
Schwarzwaldhalle On the roof of the entrance area of the Schwarzwaldhalle, blue luminous tubes are attached to a scaffold asRead More →
Exo Gastronomie in the Exotenhaus On the canopy above the entrance there are three letters made of mint green luminousRead More →
Hotel Erbprinzenhof On the facade near the hotel entrance there is a vertical cantilever (single letters) and a horizontal cantileverRead More →
Las Vegas Casino Above the advertisement for the casino, there is a band of one yellow and one green tubeRead More →
Zweirad Eicker GmbH The device on the canopy of presumably white or blue glowing tubes is out of service. Read More →
Brewery Moninger Since September 2021, the red glowing “M” on the roof of the brewery’s silo building has been turningRead More →
Auto Ahrens The vertical cantilever with blue tubes extends over four floors to the roof of the building. The installationRead More →
La Cage There are two devices with illuminated tubes on this building. Red tubes form the outer edges of aRead More →
Schlosshotel On the façade facing Bahnhofplatz, above the second floor, letters with yellow luminous tubes are installed. On the sideRead More →
Hotel Der Blaue Reiter The name of the hotel is displayed in blue fluorescent tubes. But currently these are outRead More →
feco Systeme GmbH On the company premises, on an elevated part of the building, there is the company logo madeRead More →
Hotel Avisa The letters for this hotel consist of blue luminous tubes. These are attached to the left and rightRead More →
Denkfabrik Directly above the entrance door, these relatively thin tubes shine in red color. The device was manufactured in 2017Read More →
Power plant West On the facade of a building facing Honsellstrasse there is an old sign of the Municipal ElectricityRead More →
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