11 Sights in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Ludwigshafen am Rhein1. Wasserturm
The water tower is a well -known landmark of Mannheim. The tower was built from 1886 to 1889 on today's Friedrichsplatz on the eastern edge of the city center after the plans of Gustav Halmhuber. The tower is 60 meters high and has a diameter of 19 meters. He was the first urban water tower of Mannheim and initially had to fulfill all the functions of drinking water supply, including the maintenance of a constant water pressure. After the construction of the higher Luzenberg water tower in 1909, it served as a reserve tank until 2000. The tower structure has been a listed building since 1987.
2. Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
The Fernmeldeturm Mannheim is a 217.8-metre-high (715 ft) concrete telecommunication tower with an observation deck in Mannheim, Germany. It was designed by the architects Heinle, Wischer und Partner and built from 1973 and 1975. It contains transmission facilities for VHF radio services, microwave communications, and omnidirectional radio services. A glassed observation deck and a revolving restaurant at a height of 120 metres allow a nice view over Mannheim and the surrounding area. The tower is a modern landmark of the city of Mannheim.
3. Knödelbrunnen
The dumpling fountain is the nickname of a fountain in the centre of Ludwigshafen's pedestrian zone. It is a fountain designed by the Ludwigshafen artist Ernst W. Kunz with balls piled on top of each other. The fountain was created as a result of a competition held by the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein for the artistic decoration of Bismarckstraße, which was converted into a pedestrian zone in 1977.
4. Stauschleuse Frankenthaler Kanal
Via the canal harbour and the associated Frankenthal Canal, the town of Frankenthal (Rhineland-Palatinate) in the Upper Palatinate used to be connected to the Rhine, which flows past 4 km to the east. Since 2011, the filled-in old harbour basin has been a park-like recreation facility on the eastern outskirts of Frankenthal after extensive renovation.
5. Denkmal Kriegsgefangenenlager
The Rheinwiesenlager were a group of 19 camps built in the Allied-occupied part of Germany by the U.S. Army to hold captured German soldiers at the close of the Second World War. Officially named Prisoner of War Temporary Enclosures (PWTE), they held between one and almost two million surrendered Wehrmacht personnel from April until September 1945.
6. Schlosskirche
The Mannheim Palace Church, founded as a court chapel, was built in the 18th century and is part of the Mannheim Palace. The church served as court chapel for the prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate between 1731 and 1777 and belongs to the oldest parish churches of the Old Catholic diocese in Germany.
7. Kunsthalle Mannheim
The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art, built in 1907, established in 1909 and located in Mannheim, Germany. Since then it has housed the city's art collections as well as temporary exhibitions – and up to 1927 those of the local Mannheimer Kunstverein as well as its administration.
8. Prinzregenten Theater
The Prinzregenten-Theater in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, in the district of Hemshof, is a privately run theater that was founded in the summer of 1977 by the actor and director Bernhard F. Dropmann with the aim of preserving the Palatinate dialect.
9. Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
The Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche is a church in the Rheingönheim district of Ludwigshafen. It was built in the 18th century. The tower dates back to the 13th century. It is the oldest preserved building part of a church in Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
10. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein, is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area.
11. Heilig-Geist-Kirche
The Church of the Holy Spirit in Mannheim is a large neo-Gothic church of the Catholics in the district of Schwetzingerstadt/Oststadt. It was built between 1898 and 1903 according to the plans of Ludwig Maier.
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