city with heart
Mannheim, the square city, has around 320,000 inhabitants and is located in the administrative district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. It is the second largest city in the state after Stuttgart. Mannheim is located directly in the border triangle with Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.
City of Inventors
Here Karl Drais built the first two-wheeler,
Werner von Siemens presented the first electric elevator, in 1886 the first automobile from Carl Benz rolled onto the streets, followed in 1921 by the Lanz Bulldog. Even spaghetti ice cream comes from the city of squares, invented by Dario Fontanella.
City of Squares
The horseshoe-shaped inner city of Mannheim between the Rhine and Neckar is laid out as a grid, the "Mannheimer Quadrate". Bismarckstrasse runs in front of the palace and connects the ends of the Ringstrasse sections. In between there are streets laid out at right angles. The planning of this network goes back to Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate around 1600, and it has survived to this day.
city of music
The Baden-Württemberg Pop Academy and a lively music scene also make Mannheim an important center of German pop music. Mannheim has been a UNESCO City of Music since 2014. At the same time, it is a modern continuation of the Mannheim School, which brought many musicians (including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) to Mannheim in the mid-18th century and enriched the music scene of the time.
city of students
Mannheim is also known for its university, which is one of the best business universities in Germany and repeatedly receives top marks in business administration. There are also a number of universities in Mannheim, e.g. the Federal University with its Bundeswehr Administration department, a music university, a dual university, a university run by the Federal Employment Agency and a medical faculty at Heidelberg University. Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate around 1600 back, it has been preserved to this day.
City of the Baroque
The palace was the residence of the Electors Palatinate. Built between 1720 and 1760, it is the largest closed baroque complex in Europe after Versailles. Completely destroyed in World War II, the castle was rebuilt in a simplified form by 1968. Since April 2007, the Mannheim Palace with its newly opened Palace Museum has once again offered an insight into life in the Baroque and Empire periods. Rooms destroyed in the war have been reconstructed to provide a backdrop for high quality exhibits.
city of weather
In the 18th century, standards for the global collection of weather data were set here. These include the times of day for the measurement, known to this day as the "Mannheim hours". The data collected for the Mannheim hours include wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, humidity and air temperature. The name Mannheim Hours goes back to the fact that Johann Jakob Hemmer collected and then published the data from the first international weather measuring network in Mannheim, which he managed. The operating company of the measuring network was based in Mannheim, the Palatinate Meteorological Society (Societas Meteorologica Palatina), which was founded in 1780 by Elector Karl Theodor.
big city
A major city since 1896, Mannheim is now an important industrial and commercial city, a university town and an important transport hub between Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart, including an ICE hub, the second largest marshalling yard in Germany and one of the most important inland ports in Europe.
city of sports
The most popular sport in Mannheim is ice hockey. The Adler Mannheim were German ice hockey champions in 1980, 1997-1999, 2001, 2007, 2015 and 2019. They have played their home games in the SAP Arena since 2005. The Rhein-Neckar Löwen are a Bundesliga handball club whose home games are also played in the SAP Arena. The two football clubs VfR Mannheim (German football champion 1949) and SV Waldhof Mannheim (Bundesliga team 1983-1990) also characterize the cityscape. Hockey, tennis, basketball, football, baseball, athletics, cycling and much more are also practiced professionally and successfully in Mannheim.
city of events
The Maimarktgelände is an exhibition site in Mannheim covering an area of 210,000m². This is where the annual Mannheim Maimarkt takes place, as well as concerts and other events. The SAP Arena is a modern stadium, for ice hockey games and other sporting events, as well as large concerts. The Capitol in Mannheim is a cultural center in a historic building that was originally built as a cinema. From a movie theater to an event venue with a special flair: After more than 90 eventful years, the city would be unimaginable without the "Capitol".
City of Innovations
Mannheim offers a unique startup ecosystem in an inspiring urban environment. More and more young companies are developing ideas for the future here. With a diverse range of industries - from the music industry, creative industries and fashion industry to information technology, medical technology and technology.
City of Creativity
Welcome to Jungbusch, for example! The creative heart of the city beats here between bars, industrial romance and the backdrop of the harbour. With institutions such as the Baden-Württemberg Pop Academy, the Musikpark Mannheim or the creative business center C-HUB, it is an attraction and anchor point for creative people and has changed from a port district to a hip trendy district also for going out and NIGHT CULTURE. KEYWORD: NIGHTWALK
NOTE: THE JUNGBUSCH IS ALSO A RESIDENTIAL AREA - PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE FOR THE RESIDENTS!
city of culture
With the Mannheim National Theater known as the "Schillerbühne", the new Mannheim Art Gallery, the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums and the Technoseum, Mannheim is a nationally important theater and museum location. As early as the middle of the 18th century, Mannheim attracted many musicians (including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), who greatly enriched the music scene of the time. The Mannheim Art Association, which shows current and new art, has existed since 1833 and is one of the oldest and largest art associations. These and other cultural institutions are connected by the culture mile. The annual Long Night of Museums (together with Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen) is the second largest event of this kind in Germany after Berlin.
City of Congresses
The rose garden - whose name is derived from an old name of the winner - was opened in 1903 as a festival hall and at that time housed the largest hall in Germany with the Nibelungensaal. Today there is a congress and conference center. In addition to the conferences and congresses that take place in Mannheim every year, new formats such as Animagic, the Guitar Summit or the European Finance Association Annual Meeting were also brought to the city in 2017.
Would you like to discover Mannheim?
The "Free Walking Tour Mannheim" offers free guided tours.
