Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Mannheim, Germany
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8.6 km
120 m
Explore Mannheim in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in MannheimIndividual Sights in MannheimSight 1: Rosengarten
Book Ticket*The Rosengarten is a congress and conference centre in Mannheim's city centre.
Sight 2: Nationaltheater Mannheim
Mannheim National Theatre is Germany's biggest theatre that records over 3,000 artistes from different surrounding theatres.
Sight 3: Herschelbad
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.
Sight 4: Blumepeter
The Blumepeter is a Mannheim local legend. He was a poor flower seller who roamed the Mannheim pubs.
Sight 5: Grupello-Pyramide
The Grupello pyramid is a sculpture on the paradise in the center of Mannheim. It was created by the Flemish sculptor Gabriel Grupello at the beginning of the 18th century.
Sight 6: Gedenkskulptur für die in Mannheim ermordeten Juden
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.
Sight 7: Citykirche Konkordien
The Konkordienkirche is a Protestant church in Mannheim, Germany. It was built between 1706 and 1717 and has been redesigned several times over the years. The church tower, the highest in the city, was built in 1893.
Sight 8: St. Sebastian (Untere Pfarrei)
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.
Sight 9: 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.
Sight 10: 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.
Sight 11: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum
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.
Sight 12: Polnische Katholische Kirche
The Spitalkirche, also known as the Bürgerhospitalkirche, is a Catholic church in Mannheim, Germany. It was built between 1786 and 1788 according to the plans of Johann Faxlunger and is one of the few buildings from the 18th century in Mannheim's city centre.
Sight 13: Mahnmal für die Sinti-Opfer
The list of monuments in Mannheim lists the 36 monuments and memorials in the city. Not included are the commemorative plaques and stumbling stones in Mannheim, the memorials in the cemeteries and the art objects in public spaces.
Sight 14: TheaterhausG7
Theaterhaus G7, known as TiG7 until August 2016, is a private theatre in Mannheim, Germany.
Sight 15: Yavuz Sultan Selim Moschee
The Yavuz-Sultan-Selim Mosque is a religious building in Mannheim, Germany, named for Selim I. Until 2008 it was the biggest mosque in Germany, and attracts up to 3,000 Muslims every weekend.
Sight 16: Liebfrauen-Kirche
The Church of Liebfrauenkirche is a church in the Jungbusch district of Mannheim. It was built in the beginning of the 20th century by Johannes Schroth in a neo-Gothic style. Today it is one of the three churches of the Pastoral Guard Unit Mannheim-City and symbolises Christian-Islamic dialogue through its neighborhood to the Yavuz Sultan-Selim Mosque. It is also a location of the Youth Church of Samuel.
Sight 17: Museumsschiff Mannheim
The Mainz is a side-wheel steamer built in 1928/29 for the Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft für den Nieder- und Mittelrhein (DGNM), which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt in scheduled service on the Rhine. It was the thousandth ship completed by the Christof Ruthof shipyard and also the last paddle steamer built for the Cologne-Düsseldorf shipyard. The Mainz survived the Second World War as the only ship of the shipping company to be seaworthy, but was then so badly damaged in an accident on 12 June 1956 that the hull had to be rebuilt. Due to the high need for repairs and refurbishment, the Cologne-Düsseldorfer decommissioned the passenger ship after the 1980 summer season.
Sight 18: Neuapostolische Kirche Moselstraße
The New Apostolic Church in Mannheim's Neckarstadt-Ost district was built between 1929 and 1930 in the New Objectivity style according to plans by Wilhelm Würth. It is the central church of the New Apostolic Church district of Mannheim.
Sight 19: St.-Bonifatius-Kirche
St. Boniface's Church is a Catholic church in the Neckarstadt-Ost/Wohlgelegen district of Mannheim, Germany. It was built between 1912 and 1914 according to the plans of Ludwig Maier. Since 1925, the parish has been cared for by the Franciscans, who built monasteries at the church. The parish of St. Boniface, together with the parishes of St. Bernhard, St. Nikolaus and Herz-Jesu, forms the Catholic parish of Mannheim-Neckarstadt in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.
Wikipedia: St.-Bonifatius-Kirche (Mannheim-Wohlgelegen) (DE)
Sight 20: Herzogenriedpark
Herzogenriedpark is a public park in the Neckarstadt-Ost district of Mannheim, Germany. Together with the Luisenpark, it was part of the 1975 Federal Horticultural Show.
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