19 Sights in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany (with Map and Images)
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List of cities in Germany Sightseeing Tours in Ludwigshafen am Rhein1. Christuskirche
Christuskirche is a Protestant church in the Oststadt district of Mannheim. Together with the Church of Peace, it forms the Pax Christi congregation. Built between 1907 and 1911, it was built in a neo-baroque style, according to Christian Schrader's plan, with new art colors. It was barely affected by the devastation of the 1943/44 massive war and remained almost entirely in its original state. Christuskirche adapted to Oststadt's upper-class villa district in its rich form and formed the climax of Protestant church construction activities, which were necessary due to the rapid population growth during Mannheim's industrialized period.
2. 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 according to the plans of Gustav Halmhuber. The tower is 60 meters high and has a diameter of 19 meters. It was the first municipal water tower in Mannheim and initially had to fulfill all functions of drinking water supply, including maintaining a constant water pressure. After the construction of the higher Luzenberg water tower in 1909, it served as a reserve elevated tank until 2000. The tower has been a listed building since 1987.
3. 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 UHR 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.
4. BUGA 23, Luisenpark

The Luisenpark is a municipal park in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the left bank of the Neckar river and has an area of 41 hectares. The lower Luisenpark is the oldest part which is conserved as a historic garden. The upper Luisenpark includes various attractions, such as a greenhouse, an arboretum, a Chinese garden, "gondoletta" boats, and a variety of facilities for children. Along with the Herzogenriedpark the upper Luisenpark is operated by the non-profit Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH.
5. Dr. Ernst_Bloch
Ernst Simon Bloch was a German Marxist philosopher. Bloch was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus, and Jacob Böhme. He established friendships with György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno. Bloch's work focuses on an optimistic teleology of the history of mankind.
6. Knödelbrunnen
The Knödelbrunnen is the nickname of a fountain in the center of the Ludwigshafen 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 by the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein for the artistic decoration of Bismarckstraße, which was converted into a pedestrian zone in 1977.
7. Jesuitenkirche
The Mannheim Jesuit Church is a Catholic church of historic and artistic importance in Mannheim, Germany. Church construction was begun in 1733 and completed in 1760. It was consecrated to St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. During the Second World War, the church suffered severe damage from air attacks; after the war it was rebuilt in its historical style using original parts.
8. Gedenkskulptur für die in Mannheim ermordeten Juden
The glass cube is a modern memorial in the pedestrian zone of Mannheim, which consists of glass and has the shape of a cube. The glass cube was designed as a local memorial to the Jewish victims of National Socialism from Mannheim by the sculptor Jochen Kitzbihler, who lives in Freiburg im Breisgau, and erected in 2003 on the planks in the middle of the footpath in front of square P2.
9. 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.
10. Stauschleuse Frankenthaler Kanal
Via the canal port and the associated Frankenthal Canal, the town of Frankenthal (Rhineland-Palatinate) was formerly connected to the Rhine, which flows past 4 km to the east. After extensive renovation, the filled in old harbour basin has been a park-like recreation facility on the eastern outskirts of Frankenthal since 2011.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
The Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz is the largest and leading symphony orchestra of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. It gives concerts in Rhineland-Palatinate as well as across Germany and abroad. The orchestra was founded 1919 in Landau.
14. Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
The Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche is a Protestant church in the Rheingönheim district of Ludwigshafen, Germany. It was built in the 18th century. The tower dates back to the 13th century. It is the oldest surviving part of a church in Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
15. Prinzregenten Theater

The Prinzregenten-Theater in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, in the district of Hemshof, is a privately run theater founded in the summer of 1977 by the actor and director Bernhard F. Dropmann with the aim of preserving the Palatinate dialect.
16. 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.
17. Citykirche Konkordien
The Konkordienkirche is a Protestant church in Mannheim city centre, Germany. It was built between 1706 and 1717 and redesigned several times over the years. The church tower, the tallest in the city, was built in 1893.
18. Mannheimer Synagoge
The Mannheim Synagogue is the successor to earlier synagogues in Mannheim. It was built by the Jewish community between 1985 and 1987 according to the plans of Karl Schmucker with the community center in square F 3.
19. Pfarrer Wilhelm Caroli
Wilhelm Caroli, was a Catholic priest of the diocese of Speyer and persecuted by the Nazi regime. He was severely physically abused and starved to death as a prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp.
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