Mannheim

Mannheim – UNESCO City of Music

Mannheim is located more or less in the geographical middle of the EU, in the Rhein-Neckar metropol region. It’s at the crossing of major motorways connecting the North and South as well as East and West: Cologne – Freiburg, Saarbrücken – Nurnberg; everything within less than 250km distance. The Frankfurt international airport can be reached within just 30min by train.

Mannheim is called the city of the squares but why?

Mannheim’s streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern which is very unusual among German cities. In addition, the streets are named e.g. N1,1 almost like on a chess board.

What else should I know about Mannheim?

In the 18th century, it used to be the home of the famous “Mannheim school” of classical music composer and had the best court orchestra. The “Nationaltheater” is the oldest “stage” in Germany and today Mannheim is called Germany’s unofficial capital of music, hosting the pop academy which among others Xavier Naidoo has initiated.

End of 2014 Mannheim was entitled as City of Music by UNESCO.
Also, you should know that the first car was built by Karl Benz in Mannheim! If you come by car from the South you can drive along the Bertha Benz memorial route.

You should also not miss to try a famous local sweet called “Mannemer Dreck” which exists sinc 1822 and try local beer of course.

And yes, there’s a lot more to discover!