26 Facts About Mannheim

Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the Kurpfalz region of northwestern Baden-Wurttemberg.

Together with Hamburg, Mannheim is the only city bordering two other federal states.

Mannheim is unusual among German cities in that the city center's streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern, leading to its nickname Quadratestadt .

The civic symbol of Mannheim is the Romanesque Mannheim Water Tower, completed in 1886 and rising to 60 metres above the highest point of the art nouveau area Friedrichsplatz.

Mannheim is well-known for its inventions, including the automobile, the bicycle, and the tractor, which is why the city is often called the "city of inventions".

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Großstadt since 1896, Mannheim is an important industrial and commercial city, a university town, and a major transportation hub between Frankfurt and Stuttgart, including an ICE interchange, Germany's second-largest marshalling yard, and one of the most important inland ports in Europe .

Since 2014, Mannheim has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and holds the title of "UNESCO City of Music".

In 2020, Mannheim was classified as a global city with 'Sufficiency' status by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network .

Mannheim is a smart city; the city's electrical grid is installed with a power-line communication network.

Mannheim was mostly levelled during the Thirty Years War around 1622 by the forces of Johan Tilly.

Mannheim was said to have one of the best court orchestras in Europe under the leadership of the conductor Carlo Grua.

Two decades later, in 1802, Mannheim was removed from the Palatinate and given to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Mannheim is in the Duchy of Baden and situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar over both of which there is a bridge of boats.

Mannheim's is the sister of Eugene Beauharnais [sic; in fact, she was his second cousin].

Mannheim was heavily damaged during aerial bombing by the RAF and the U S Air Force.

Mannheim has lost many industrial jobs, although in the recent past the city was economically dominated by manufacturing.

Mannheim celebrated its 400th anniversary with a series of cultural and other events throughout 2007.

Mannheim is located in Germany's warmest summer region, the "Rhine shift".

Adler Mannheim is an ice hockey team playing in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga, having won the German championship a total of eight times .

The Mannheim Bandits are playing in the first German Football League which is called GFL1.

In 2002, Hobby Horse Polo was invented in Mannheim, evoking the classical rivalry towards "polite society" in Heidelberg.

Mannheim is among the most attractive business locations in Germany thanks to its competitive business environment and growth opportunities and is considered the economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, which is one of Germany's most important business locations.

The University Hospital Mannheim provides health care to the inhabitants of Mannheim and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.

MVV Energie based in Mannheim is the largest municipal energy supplier in Germany.

Mannheim Hauptbahnhof is at the end of the Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line and is the most important railway junction in the southwest of Germany, served by ICE high-speed train system with connections to Frankfurt am Main–Berlin, Karlsruhe–Basel, and Stuttgart–Munich.

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Local public transport in Mannheim includes the RheinNeckar S-Bahn, eleven tram lines, and numerous bus lines operated by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr .