Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

The dumpling fountain is the nickname of a fountain in the center 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 by the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein for the artistic decoration of Bismarckstraße, which was converted into a pedestrian zone in 1977.

Wikipedia: Knödelbrunnen (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Mannheim Palace Church (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Jesuit Church, Mannheim (EN), Website

The Reiss Engelhorn Museum, or Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, is a museum in Mannheim, Germany. It has an exhibition area of 11,300 square metres (122,000 sq ft), and houses around 1.2 million objects.

Wikipedia: Reiss Engelhorn Museum (EN), Website

The Glass Cube is a modern memorial in the pedestrian zone of Mannheim, which is made 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 was erected in 2003 on the planks in the middle of the footpath in front of square P2.

Wikipedia: Glaskubus (Mahnmal in Mannheim) (DE)

The Blumepeter is a Mannheim local legend. He was a poor flower seller who roamed the Mannheim pubs.

Wikipedia: Blumepeter (DE)

The Grupello Pyramid is a sculpture on the Paradeplatz in the center of Mannheim. It was created at the beginning of the 18th century by the Flemish sculptor Gabriel Grupello.

Wikipedia: Grupello-Pyramide (DE)

St. Sebastian is the oldest Catholic parish church in the city of Mannheim and one of the three churches of the Mannheim city pastoral unit in the city center. In Electoral Palatine times it was used by the Elector as a court church and received a magnificent interior by artists such as Bibiena, Verschaffelt and Egell. The furnishings were impaired by remodeling in the 19th century and damaged during World War II. Together with the Old Town Hall, St. Sebastian's Church forms a Baroque double building erected at the beginning of the 18th century, which is the oldest preserved structure in the city.

Wikipedia: St. Sebastian (Mannheim) (EN)

The Konkordienkirche is a Protestant church in Mannheim's city centre. It was built between 1706 and 1717 and has been redesigned several times over time. The church tower, the highest in the city, was built in 1893.

Wikipedia: Konkordienkirche (Mannheim) (DE)

The Herschelbad is a public bath in the Mannheim squares, for the construction of which the Jewish Mannheim merchant and city councillor Bernhard Herschel (1837–1905) donated part of his fortune to the city in his will in 1905.

Wikipedia: Herschelbad (DE), Website

Mannheim National Theatre is Germany's biggest theatre that records over 3,000 artistes from different surrounding theatres.

Wikipedia: Mannheim National Theatre (EN), Website

The rose garden is a congress and conference center in downtown Mannheim.

Wikipedia: Mannheimer Rosengarten (DE), Website