Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Mannheim, Germany

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 centre 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 fulfil all the 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 structure has been a listed building since 1987.

Wikipedia: Mannheimer Wasserturm (DE)

The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Mannheim, Germany. It is located on the central Friedrichsplatz and has helped shape the cultural life of the industrial city on the Rhine for over 100 years. With works ranging from Édouard Manet to Francis Bacon and a focus on sculpture – ranging from Auguste Rodin and Wilhelm Lehmbruck to Henry Moore and Marino Marini to Mario Merz and Richard Long – it is one of the most respected civic collections of German and international modernism up to the present day. The extension was officially opened on 1 June 2018.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Mannheim (DE), Website

The list of monuments in Mannheim lists the 36 monuments and memorials in the city. Not included are the memorial plaques and stumbling stones in Mannheim, the memorials in the cemeteries and the art objects in public spaces.

Wikipedia: Liste der Denkmäler in Mannheim (DE)

The Rosengarten is a congress and conference centre in Mannheim's city centre.

Wikipedia: Mannheimer Rosengarten (DE), Website

The Christuskirche is a Protestant church in the Oststadt district of Mannheim, Germany. Together with the Church of Peace, it forms the ChristusFriedenGemeinde. It was built between 1907 and 1911 according to the plans of Christian Schrade in the neo-baroque style with Art Nouveau echoes. Hardly affected by the great war destruction of 1943/44, it has been preserved almost completely in its original condition. The rich design of the Christuskirche adapted to the upper-middle-class villa district of the Oststadt and was the crowning glory of the Protestant church building activities, which became necessary due to the strong population growth during the industrialization of Mannheim.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Mannheim) (DE)