Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannem / Monnem (Palatine German) | |
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Location of Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg Stadtbezirke | |
Government | |
• Lord mayor (2023–31) | Christian Specht[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• City | 144.96 km2 (55.97 sq mi) |
Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[3] | |
• City | 315,554 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,362,046 (2,012)[2] |
Demonym | Mannheimer |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 68001–68309 |
Dialling codes | 0621 |
Vehicle registration | MA |
Website | www.mannheim.de |
Mannheim (German pronunciation: [ˈmanhaɪm] ⓘ; Palatine German: Mannem[4] or Monnem), officially the University City of Mannheim (German: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a 2021 population of 311,831 inhabitants.[5] The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany's seventh-largest metropolitan region with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants and over 900,000 employees.[6]
Mannheim is located at the confluence of the
Mannheim is unusual among German cities in that its city centre streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern, leading to the city's nickname Quadratestadt (Square City). Within a ring of avenues surrounding the city centre, there are squares, numbered from A1 to U6, instead of street names. At the southern base of that system is
A
History
Early history
A brick kiln excavated in 1929 in the Seckenheim district, which operated from 74 AD to the early second century, attests to settlement in Roman times.[25]
The name of the city was first recorded as Mannenheim in a legal transaction in 766, surviving in a twelfth-century copy in the Codex Laureshamensis from Lorsch Abbey.[26] The name is interpreted as "the home of Manno", a short form of a Germanic name such as Hartmann or Hermann.[27] Mannheim remained a mere village throughout the Middle Ages.
Early Modern Age
In 1606, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine started building the fortress of Friedrichsburg and the adjacent city centre with its grid of streets and avenues. On 24 January 1607, Frederick IV gave Mannheim the status of a "city",[28] whether it really was one by then or not.
Mannheim was mostly levelled during the
After the rebuilding of Mannheim that began in 1698, the capital of the
18th and 19th centuries
During the eighteenth century, Mannheim was the home of the "
In 1819, Norwich Duff wrote of Mannheim:
Mannheim is in the Duchy of Baden and situated at the confluence of the
Eugene Beauharnais [sic; in fact, she was his second cousin]. There is a cathedral, a theatre which is considered good, an observatory, a gallery of pictures at the château, and some private collections. About two kilometres (one point two miles) below the town the Russian Armycrossed the Rhine in 1813. Population 18,300.
In 1819, August von Kotzebue was assassinated in Mannheim.
The climate crisis of 1816–17 caused famine and the death of many horses in Mannheim. That year Karl Drais invented the first bicycle.
Infrastructure improvements included the establishment of
In 1865,
Early 20th century and World War I
The Schütte-Lanz company, founded by Karl Lanz and Johann Schütte in 1909, built 22 airships. The company's main competitor was the Zeppelin works.
When World War I broke out in 1914, Mannheim's industrial plants played a key role in Germany's war economy. This contributed to the fact that, on 27 May 1915, Ludwigshafen was the world's first civilian settlement behind the battle lines to be bombed from the air. French aircraft attacked the BASF plants, thereby killing twelve people. The precedent was set for this attack by Germany's repeated air raids against British civilian populations throughout southeastern Britain during the first half of 1915.
When Germany lost the war in 1918, according to the peace terms, the left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French troops. The French occupation lasted until 1930, and some of Ludwigshafen's most elegant houses were erected for the officers of the French garrison.
Inter-war period
After the
World War II
During
In late March 1945, the Allied ground advance into Germany reached Mannheim, which was potentially well-defended by German forces. However, the German forces abandoned the city and the U.S. 44th Infantry Division entered unopposed on 29 March 1945.[31] There was later a large American military occupation presence in the Mannheim area with up to 10 barracks. The first one shut down in 2007 and the last was closed in 2013 (see United States military installations below).
1950s to 1980s
Rebuilding of the city began laboriously.
In 1964, the City Hospital (Städtisches Krankenhaus) became part of the Heidelberg University for Clinical Medicine in Mannheim. In 1967, the University of Mannheim was established in the city.
In 1975, the Bundesgartenschau (Federal horticulture show) was celebrated in Luisen and Herzogenried parks. A number of pieces of infrastructure were developed for the show: the telecommunications tower and a second bridge across the Rhine (the Kurt Schumacher Bridge) were built, the pedestrian zone was established, the new Rosengarten conference centre was opened and the Aerobus was installed as a temporary transport system.
A number of major projects were completed in the 1980s and 1990s: a planetarium, an extension to the art gallery, the new Reiß Museum, Stadthaus, a new May Market ground, synagogue, mosque, State Museum for Technology and Work, Carl-Benz stadium and the Fahrlach tunnel were opened.
Mannheim has lost many industrial jobs, although in the recent past, the city was economically dominated by manufacturing. The city tried in the past to prevent the establishment of service providers by designating some locations as industrial areas. A prime example of the current trend is the construction of the Victoria Tower (Victoria-Turm) in 2001, one of the tallest buildings in the city, on railway land.
Post-reunification
Mannheim celebrated its 400th anniversary with a series of cultural and other events throughout 2007. The 400th anniversary proper was in 2006, since Frederick IV, Elector Palatine laid the foundations of Mannheim citadel on 17 March 1606. In preparation for the anniversary, some urban activities were implemented, beginning in 2000: the building of the SAP Arena with access to the city's new eastern ring road, the rehabilitation of the pedestrian zone in Breite Straße, the arsenal and the palace, the complete transformation of the old fairground, and the new Schafweide tram line. The concept of the anniversary of the city is aimed at a diverse range of events without a dominant central event. In 2001, the City hospital was officially and legally awarded with the title University Hospital Mannheim. In 2023, Mannheim hosted the Bundesgartenschau 2023 (National Garden Show); the second time after 1975.
Geography
Climate
Climate data for Mannheim (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
39.8 (103.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.9 (1.65) |
40.6 (1.60) |
42.3 (1.67) |
40.5 (1.59) |
67.6 (2.66) |
63.8 (2.51) |
71.2 (2.80) |
61.7 (2.43) |
50.0 (1.97) |
53.0 (2.09) |
52.9 (2.08) |
55.0 (2.17) |
640.5 (25.22) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 168.3 |
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 5.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 13.4 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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82.4 | 77.8 | 70.7 | 64.8 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 65.2 | 66.6 | 72.9 | 81.3 | 85.4 | 84.9 | 73.7 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 56.0 | 82.1 | 135.9 | 190.8 | 216.9 | 225.6 | 235.6 | 224.2 | 169.7 | 108.1 | 56.1 | 44.1 | 1,733.7 |
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[32] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Data derived from Deutscher Wetterdienst[33] |
Climate data for Mannheim 2019–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
12.2 (53.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.9 (44.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.6 (0.61) |
49.3 (1.94) |
35.7 (1.41) |
22.6 (0.89) |
55.4 (2.18) |
81.4 (3.20) |
38.3 (1.51) |
63.3 (2.49) |
77.1 (3.04) |
89.9 (3.54) |
48.6 (1.91) |
52.3 (2.06) |
629.5 (24.78) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 4.0 (1.6) |
1.6 (0.6) |
1.2 (0.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1.0 (0.4) |
2.0 (0.8) |
5.6 (2.2) |
2.6 (1.0) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 57.3 | 116.2 | 164.0 | 251.2 | 247.9 | 268.1 | 286.1 | 248.9 | 199.1 | 97.5 | 38.2 | 53.4 | 2,027.9 |
Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst[34] |
Mannheim is located in Germany's warmest summer region, the "Rhine shift". In summer, temperatures sometimes rise up to 35 °C (95 °F) and higher. The highest recorded temperature was 39.8 °C (104 °F) on 7 August 2015. The daily lows during heat waves can be very high for the latitude (around 25 °C / 77 °F). In September 2016, the average temperature in Mannheim was 18.6 °C, highest in Baden-Württemberg.[35]
In comparison to other regions of Germany, Mannheim has a higher humidity in summer which causes a higher heat index. Snow is rare, even in the cold months. Precipitation occurs mostly during afternoon thunderstorms during the warmer period (average days of thunderstorms in a year is 40–50). The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The
Demographics
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1450 | 570 | — |
1663 | 3,000 | +426.3% |
1729 | 15,760 | +425.3% |
1777 | 25,353 | +60.9% |
1802 | 18,818 | −25.8% |
1852 | 24,316 | +29.2% |
1871 | 39,606 | +62.9% |
1890 | 79,058 | +99.6% |
1895 | 97,780 | +23.7% |
1900 | 141,131 | +44.3% |
1919 | 229,576 | +62.7% |
1925 | 247,486 | +7.8% |
1933 | 275,162 | +11.2% |
1939 | 284,957 | +3.6% |
1945 | 186,310 | −34.6% |
1950 | 245,634 | +31.8% |
1956 | 287,210 | +16.9% |
1961 | 313,890 | +9.3% |
1966 | 329,301 | +4.9% |
1971 | 332,378 | +0.9% |
1976 | 309,059 | −7.0% |
1981 | 304,219 | −1.6% |
1986 | 294,648 | −3.1% |
1991 | 314,685 | +6.8% |
1996 | 312,216 | −0.8% |
2001 | 308,385 | −1.2% |
2006 | 307,914 | −0.2% |
2011 | 290,117 | −5.8% |
2016 | 304,781 | +5.1% |
2021 | 311,831 | +2.3% |
Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. |
Mannheim has a population of about 315,000 and is the 2nd largest city in Baden-Württemberg. Mannheim became a major city in the early 19th century due to its industrialization. Its location of Rhine and Neckar rivers made Mannheim an attractive place for industrialization. Mannheim was heavily destroyed after WWII but became a major industrial city a few years later. In the 1950s the population in Mannheim grew rapidly due to the heavy industrialization where many motor, electronic and power plant companies came to Mannheim and other surrounding cities like Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg. The population of Mannheim started to decline in the 1980s but it started to grow in the 2010s due to its university where many students came to this city and made Mannheim one of the most popular university cities in Germany.
Nationalities
The following list shows the most significant groups of foreigners in the city of Mannheim by nationalities.[37] In total 44,7% of all Mannheim inhabitants are from foreign descent. The Neckarstadt-West district has the biggest foreign population with 68,9%, while the Wallstadt district has the smallest one with 23,1%. A large part of the immigrants are from the Balkans and European countries.
Rank | Nationality | Population (31 December 2022) |
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1 | Turkey | 15,779 (5.12%) |
2 | Italy | 8,165 (2.65%) |
3 | Bulgaria | 6,997 (2.27%) |
4 | Poland | 6,595 (2.14%) |
5 | Romania | 5,663 (1.83%) |
6 | Croatia | 4,565 (1.48%) |
7 | Ukraine | 4,207 (1.32%) |
8 | Greece | 3,341 (1.08%) |
9 | Spain | 1,754 (0.56%) |
10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,680 (0.54%) |
11 | Syria | 1,642 (0.53%) |
12 | India | 1,541 (0.5%) |
13 | Hungary | 1,341 (0.43%) |
14 | France | 1,266 (0.41%) |
15 | Kosovo | 1,164 (0.37%) |
Religion
The distribution of Mannheim's population by religious affiliation (as of December 31, 2020) is
Culture
Theatre
The
Recently, smaller stages have opened, such as the Oststadt-Theater, the TIG7 (Theater im Quadrat G7), the Theater Oliv, the Freilichtbühne, the Theater31, the Theater ImPuls, the Theater Felina-Areal, the Mannheimer Puppenspiele, the Kleinkunstbühne Klapsmühl', Schatzkistl, and zeitraumexit.
Sport
There are two nationally renowned football clubs in Mannheim,
The Adler Mannheim (formerly MERC, Mannheimer Eis- und Rollsport-Club) is an ice hockey team playing in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga, having won the German championship a total of eight times (7 times Deutsche Eishockey Liga and one time the former highest German ice hockey league known as Bundesliga).[40]
The city is home to the Mannheim Tornados, the oldest operational baseball and softball club in Germany. The Tornados play in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga and have won the championship 11 times, more than any other club.[41]
In 2003, the American football club Mannheim Bandits was founded. The Mannheim Bandits are playing in the first German Football League which is called GFL1. As of 2018, between 500 and 900 people watch each game.[42]
The WWE visited Mannheim in 2008. Around 10,000 fans attended the event.[44]
UFC fighter Dennis Siver lives and trains in Mannheim.[45]
Mannheim hosted the European Show Jumping Championships in 1997, and the FEI European Jumping Championships in 2007[46] 14–19 August, in the MVV-riding stadium.
In 2002,
The Maimarkt-Turnier Mannheim is an annual international horse show held during the Mannheimer Maimarkt since 1964.
Education
The University of Mannheim is one of Germany's younger universities. Although founded in 1967, it has its origins in the Palatine Academy of Sciences, established in 1763, and the former Handelshochschule (Commercial College), founded in 1907. Situated in Mannheim Palace, it is Germany's leading university in the fields of business and economics and attracts students from around the world. Described by Die Zeit as the 'Harvard of Germany',[7] it is seen as the training grounds of German business leaders. More than 12,000 students were enrolled in the 2013/14 semester.[50]
The university town also houses one of the medical schools of
Dependents of U.S. military personnel attended Mannheim Elementary School until it closed in June 2012.[51] In the 1980s the school had 2,200 students.[52]
Inventions
According to Forbes magazine, Mannheim is known for its exceptional inventive power and was ranked 11th among the Top 15 of the most inventive cities worldwide.[53]
Many significant inventions were made in Mannheim:
- Karl Drais built the first two-wheeled draisine in 1817.
- automobile/motor car powered by an internal combustion engine. Karl's wife Bertha Benz undertook the world's first road trip by automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back,[54]about 65 miles then, on modern roads about 55 miles, in August 1888.
- The Lanz Bulldog, a popular tractor with a rugged, simple Diesel engine was introduced in 1921.
- Karl Benz developed the world's first compact diesel-powered car at the Benz & Cie.motor works in Mannheim in 1923.
- Julius Hatry built the world's first rocket plane in 1929.
- Dario Fontanella, an Italian guest worker, invented the first Spaghettieis (spaghetti ice cream) in 1969.
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The world's first bicycle, built in Mannheim by Karl Freiherr von Drais in 1817
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The world's firstKarl Benzin 1885
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Official sign of Bertha Benz Memorial Route, commemorating the world's first long-distance journey by automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim in 1888 104 km (65 mi)
Government and politics
Mayor
The mayor is the head of the city council and chairman of the council, being selected by direct suffrage for a term of eight years. The current mayor is Christian Specht from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
In 2023, Specht ran in the election for mayor of Mannheim, in which incumbent Peter Kurz (SPD) did not run again, and was supported by the CDU Mannheim, the Mannheimer Liste and the FDP Mannheim.[55][56] In the first round of voting on June 18, 2023, he received 45.64% of the vote. On July 9, 2023, he won the second round of voting with 49.9% of the vote, ahead of SPD candidate Thorsten Riehle (48.7%) and independent candidate Uğur Çakir (1.3%).[57] Due to an objection to the election results, Specht was initially elected as appointed mayor by the city council.[58] The objection was rejected by the Karlsruhe Regional Council on August 2, 2023, making Specht's election valid.[59] He took office on August 4, 2023,[60] making him the first CDU mayor in Mannheim since Josef Braun (1945–1948).[61]
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Christian Specht | Christian Democratic Union | 34.329 | 45,64 | 35.981 | 49,89 | ||
Thorsten Riehle | Social Democratic Party | 22.748 | 30,24 | 35.122 | 48,70 | ||
Raymond Fojkar | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 10.379 | 13,80 | Withdrew | |||
Thomas Bischoff | Die PARTEI | 2,327 | 3.3 | Withdrew | |||
David Frey | 1.081 | 1,44 | Withdrew | ||||
Tanja Krone | 903 | 1,20 | Withdrew | ||||
Uğur Çakir | 638 | 0,85 | 947 | 1,31 | |||
Others | 41 | 0,05 | 70 | 0.10 | |||
Valid votes | 75.222 | 99.38 | 72,120 | 99.43 | |||
Invalid votes | 467 | 0.62 | 415 | 0.57 | |||
Total | 75,689 | 100.0 | 72535 | 100.0 | |||
Electorate/voter turnout | 234,942 | 32,22 | 234.861 | 30,88 | |||
Source: City of Mannheim |
The city leaders since 1810 are:
- 1810–1820: Johann Wilhelm Reinhardt
- 1820–1832: Valentin Möhl
- 1833–1835: Heinrich Andriano
- 1836–1849: Ludwig Jolly
- 1849–1852: Friedrich Reiß
- 1852–1861: Heinrich Christian Diffené
- 1861–1870: Ludwig Achenbach
- 1870–1891: Eduard Moll
- 1891–1908: Otto Beck
- 1908–1913: Paul Martin
- 1914–1928: Theodor Kutzer
- 1928–1933: Hermann Heimerich (SPD)
- 1933–1945: Carl Renninger (NSDAP)
- 1945–1948: Josef Braun (CDU)
- 1948–1949: Fritz Cahn-Garnier (SPD)
- 1949–1955: Hermann Heimerich (SPD)
- 1956–1972: Hans Reschke (independent)
- 1972–1980: Ludwig Ratzel (SPD)
- 1980–1983: Wilhelm Varnholt (SPD)
- 1983–2007: Gerhard Widder (SPD)
- 2007–2023: Peter Kurz (SPD)
- 2023–present: Christian Specht (CDU)
City council
The council has 48 seats and is elected by direct suffrage for five years. In the local elections in Baden-Württemberg, voters are allowed to take advantage of cumulative voting and vote splitting. Since the Second World War the SPD, except in the elections of 1999 and 2004, has received more votes than the CDU. In the 2019 election, the Greens received the most votes for the first time. The next municipal election will take place in 2024.
The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 1,235,924 | 24.4 | 8.1 | 12 | 4 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,071,597 | 21.2 | 6.1 | 10 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 968,098 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | |
Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 465,694 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 4 | ±0 | |
Free Voters/Mannheimer List (ML) | 372,461 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 4 | ±0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 307,305 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | |
The Left (Die Linke) | 302,685 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 3 | ±0 | |
Die PARTEI (PARTEI) | 151,449 | 3.0 | New | 1 | New | |
Middle-Class for Mannheim (MfM) | 67,163 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1 | ±0 | |
Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei) | 55,458 | 1.1 | New | 1 | New | |
Mannheimer People's Party (MVP) | 27,491 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New | |
Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG) | 22,928 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New | |
National Democratic Party (NPD) | 13,784 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 5,062,037 | |||||
Total ballots | 118,721 | 100.0 | 48 | ±0 | ||
Electorate/voter turnout | 238,496 | 49.8 | 11.1 | |||
Source: City of Mannheim Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine |
United States military installations
A number of
- Coleman Barracks and Coleman Army Airfield (Mannheim-Sandhofen): the headquarters of the American Forces Network-Europe, and Also, the location of the United States Army Corrections Facility-Europe.
- Funari Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal), vacated in 2014.
- Spinelli Barracks (Mannheim-Feudenheim), vacated in 2015, the home of the Army's 28th Transportation Battalion.
- Sullivan Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal): formerly the headquarters of the U.S. Army's 7th Signal Brigade and the 529th Military Police Honor Guard Company's 2nd Platoon; vacated in 2014.
- U.S. Army's 2nd Signal Brigade; vacated in 2011.
- Turley Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal): in the early 1990s was home to the 181st Transportation Bn, with companies of 40th, 41st, 51st, 590th, TTP, and HHC transportation companies and also the headquarters of the NATO ACE Mobile Force (Land)(AMFL).
- The Benjamin Franklin Village (Mannheim-Käfertal), housing. Also, it was the home of the Mannheim American High School and the Middle School,[63] which closed on 9 June 2011. The last soldier and his family moved out in 2012.
The following locations were part of the "U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg" but were within the area of the city of Mannheim until they were vacated in 2010 and 2011:
- Friedrichsfeld Service Center (Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld)
- Hammonds Barracks (formerly Loretto Kaserne) (Mannheim-Seckenheim)
- Stem Kaserne (Mannheim-Seckenheim)
All personnel of the U.S. Army military community left Mannheim by 2015, some of them moving to Wiesbaden. With the exception of four barracks, all other barracks formerly occupied by the U.S. military had been returned to the German state for conversion to civilian use in 2011.
Main sights
- Fernmeldeturm Mannheim – 217.8-metre-high telecommunication tower, landmark of Mannheim
- Synagoge (Mannheim) – post World War II synagogue
- Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque
- Luisenpark – named one of the most beautiful parks in Europe with around 1.2 million visitors annually[64]
- Mannheim Palace (Mannheimer Schloss) – the city castle and main building of the University of Mannheim
- Wasserturm – the town's landmark water tower
- Jesuit Church
- SAP Arena – multifunctional indoor arena, home of Mannheim's ice-hockey team "Die Adler" ("The Eagles")[65]
- Breite Strasse, Kunststrasse, and Kapuzinerplanken – Mannheim's main shopping destinations
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
- Kunsthalle Mannheim – museum of modern and contemporary art
- Technoseum – technology museum
- Multihalle – multi-purpose hall in Mannheim's Herzogenriedpark, the world's largest self-supporting wooden lattice-shell construction
- Wildpark and Waldvogelpark am Karlstern
- The city centre – designed in squares (Quadratestadt)
- Reißinsel – a natural area that an honorary citizen of Mannheim, Carl Reiß, bequeathed to the residents of Mannheim[66]
- Reiß-Engelhorn-Museen – museum with four exhibition halls presenting exhibits in archaeology, world cultures, history of art and culture, photography, and history of theater and music
- Maimarkt – largest regional trade fair in Germany[67]
- Marktplatz (Market square) – hosts a farmers' market every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.[68]Fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers are sold.
- Mannheimer Mess (Mannheim Fair) – twice a year (spring & autumn), a big fair that takes place on Neuer Messplatz-square[69]
Economy
With a gross domestic product (GDP) of €20.921 billion, Mannheim ranks 17th on the list of German cities by GDP as of 2018.
In the 2019 edition of the Zukunftsatlas , the independent city of Mannheim ranked 35nd out of 401 counties and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the places with "high future opportunities".[70]
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
The New Economy Magazine elected Mannheim under the 20 cities that best represent the world of tomorrow emphasizing Mannheim's positive economic and innovative environment.[22]
The unemployment rate of Mannheim is 7.2% as of 2020.[71]
The successor to the Karl Benz automobile manufacturing companies begun in Mannheim,
With €4.5 billion, Mannheim ranks 22nd on the list of cities by market value of its DAX, TecDAX and MDAX companies.[84]
MVV Energie based in Mannheim is the largest municipal energy supplier in Germany.
Media
In addition to the only local daily newspaper Mannheimer Morgen , the Ludwigshafen newspaper Die Rheinpfalz, the Heidelberg newspaper Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung and the Bild Rhein-Neckar offer a local section for Mannheim. In addition, the weekly paper Wochenblatt Mannheim with its official gazette is published. The Kommunal-Info Mannheim is published fortnightly. Free district newspapers are distributed in almost all parts of the city.
Infrastructure
Road transport
The Mannheim/Ludwigshafen area is surrounded by a ring of motorways connecting it to Frankfurt in the north, Karlsruhe in the south, Saarbrücken in the west and Nuremberg in the east.
Railway transport
River transport
Air transport
Although
. Currently, commercial passenger flights serve Sylt.Local public transport
Local public transport in Mannheim includes the
The
The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Block numbering and computer mapping
The city centre uses an addressing system that is unique within Germany. Rather than street names and numbers, each block is given a code and a number is given to each building: C3, 17 is block C3, building 17. The practice dates back centuries and is a result of the original use of the city centre as a fort, with the fort's internal system being adopted when it became public streets. The streets themselves are unnamed. The codes are laid out in a simple progressive pattern: C3 is between C2 and C4 in one direction and B3 and D3 in the other. However, those unused to the system will often become lost. A street named Breite Straße goes through the middle of the blocks from south to north, with blocks A-K on the west side of the street and L-U on the east, with each row going 1 to at most 7 based on distance from this road. House numbers begin on the south corner nearest Breite Straße and go counterclockwise for A-K and clockwise for L-U.[90]
That causes major issues with most mapping software, as the databases that they use are based on the standard street-number system, and so the software cannot accommodate a completely different system for a small area. A variety of fixes have been tried, none with a high level of success. In particular, the systems have issues because an address on a block can be on any of up to four roads and so attempts to fix the issue by giving the roads false names within the database have often failed to give accurate addressing, but such can still be seen on some platforms like Google Maps. Finding an address in the area thus generally requires resorting to asking directions or using one of the many posted public maps.[91]
Twin towns – sister cities
- Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom (1957)
- Toulon, France (1959)
- Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Berlin), Germany (1961)
- Windsor, Canada (1980)
- Riesa, Germany (1988)
- Chișinău, Moldova (1989)
- Bydgoszcz, Poland (1991)
- Klaipėda, Lithuania (2002)
- Zhenjiang, China (2004)
- Haifa, Israel (2009)
- Qingdao, China (2016)
- Chernivtsi, Ukraine (2022)
Notable people
- Josepha von Heydeck (1748–1771), mistress of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
- Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858), English pianist and composer
- Friedrich Engelhorn (1821–1902), industrialist, founder of BASF
- Marcus Otterbourg (1827–1893), American diplomat, lawyer, and judge
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840–1902), Austro-German psychiatrist
- Carl Benz (1844–1929), engine designer and automotive engineer. He built the first practical motorcar.
- Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856–1946), American politician and real estate investor
- Robert Kahn (1865–1951), composer and pianist
- Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934), investment banker, collector and philanthropist
- Emmy Wehlen (1887–1977), musical comedy actress and silent screen star
- Sepp Herberger (1897–1977), football player and manager
- Wilhelm Fuchs (1898–1947), Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes
- Hedwig Hillengaß (1902–1970), operatic soprano
- Albert Speer (1905–1981), Nazi architect, Minister for Armaments and Munitions during World War II
- Julius Hatry (1906–2000), aircraft designer and builder. He created the world's first purpose-built rocket plane.
- Hans Filbinger (1913–2007), politician
- Samuel Hans Adler (born 1928), German-American composer, conductor and professor
- Claus Leininger (1931–2005), theatre director and manager
- Wolf Wolfensberger (1934–2011), German-American psychologist
- Roger Fritz (1936–2021), actor
- Rudi Altig (1937–2016), cyclist
- Christiane Schmidtmer (1939–2003), actress
- Fred Breinersdorfer (born 1946), writer
- Karl W Schweizer (born 1946), historian and author
- Kurt Fleckenstein (born 1949), artist/sculptor
- Peter Dani (1956–2002), American footballer
- Norbert Schwefel (1960–2015), musician
- Juergen Adams (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Uwe Rahn (born 1962), footballer
- Christine Lambrecht (born 1965), politician (SPD)
- Franz Jung (born 1966), Roman Catholic bishop
- Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis player
- Xavier Naidoo (born 1971), pop singer
- Christian Wörns (born 1972), footballer
- Lexi Alexander (born 1974), director
- Bülent Ceylan (born 1976), German-Turkish comedian
- Jochen Hecht (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Uwe Gensheimer (born 1989), handball player
- Giulia Enders (born 1990), writer and medical researcher
- Hakan Çalhanoğlu (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- Paulina Krumbiegel (born 2000), footballer
Notes and references
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Further reading
- Wiederkehr, Gustav: Mannheim in Sage und Geschichte, H. Haas'schen Buchdruckerei, 1907, (Festgabe zur Feier des dreihundertjährigen Bestehens der Stadt).
- David, Manfred: Mannheimer Stadtkunde. Edition Quadrat, Mannheim 1982, ISBN 3-87804-125-X.
- Staatl. Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg in Verbindung mit d. Städten u. d. Landkreisen Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): Die Stadt- und die Landkreise Heidelberg und Mannheim: Amtliche Kreisbeschreibung. Band 1: Allgemeiner Teil. Karlsruhe 1966, DNB 458203858. Band 3: Die Stadt Mannheim und die Gemeinden des Landkreises Mannheim. Karlsruhe 1970, DNB 366145509.
- Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Das Land Baden-Württemberg – Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band V.
- ISBN 3-17-002542-2.
- Huth, Hans: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Stadtkreises Mannheim. München 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0.
- Oesterreich, Carmen And Volker (Hrsg.): Mannheim, wo es am schönsten ist – 55 Lieblingsplätze. Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-936962-43-7.
- Schenk, Andreas: Mannheim und seine Bauten 1907–2007. Hrsg. v. Stadtarchiv Mannheim und Mannheimer Architektur- und Bauarchiv e. V. 5 Bde. Edition Quadrat, Mannheim 2000–2007, ISBN 3-923003-83-8.
- Walz, Guido (Red.): Der Brockhaus Mannheim. 400 Jahre Quadratestadt – Das Lexikon. Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus, Mannheim 2006, ISBN 3-7653-0181-7.
- Naturführer Mannheim. Entdeckungen im Quadrat. Hrsg. von der Stadt Mannheim und der Bezirksstelle für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege Karlsruhe. Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000, ISBN 3-89735-132-3.
- Ellrich, Hartmut: Mannheim. Sutton, Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-148-6.
- Nieß, Ulrich and Caroli, Michael (Hrsg.): Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim. Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher, Band 1: 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-472-2.
- Mannheimer Altertumsverein/ISBN 978-3-7917-2074-6.
- Vetter, Roland "Kein Stein soll auf dem andern bleiben" Mannheims Untergang während des Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieges im Spiegel französischer Kriegsberichte ISBN 3-89735-204-4.
External links
- Official website
- Official tourism site
- Mannheim travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Literature from and about Mannheim in the German National Library
- Parks in Mannheim
- Mannheim in Britannica.com
- U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim homepage
- The Mannheim Heritage of World Cultures