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Mannheim, Germany
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), 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 2020 population of 309,119 inhabitants. 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. Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the Kurpfalz (Electoral Palatinate) region of northwestern Baden-Württemberg. The city lies in the Upper Rhine Plain, Germany's warmest region. Together with Hamburg, Mannheim is the only city bordering two other federal states. It forms a continuous conurbation of around 480,000 inhabitants with Ludwigshafen am Rhein in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the other side of the Rhine. Some norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrichsplatz
The Friedrichsplatz in Mannheim is one of the most completely preserved neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau structures in Germany. It was laid out in the years following the completion of the Mannheim Water Tower in 1889. Water features On the out-of-town side of the water tower is a water staircase that leads into a large basin with an adjacent fountain. The water feature, which operates from about the beginning of April to mid-October, is illuminated when darkness falls, with a colorful play of colors on weekends and holidays. The large fountain had first been put into operation on September 9, 1893. Using incandescent lamp technology, the fountain system's technology most recently included 98 spotlights, 16 color changers, 178 nozzles, and 20 controlled pumps. In June 2020, a new LED-based lighting system with 84 spotlights was put into operation, covering a wider color spectrum and also saving about 90 percent of the previous power consumption. The fountain system will be comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
