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Mannheim is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With 318,873 inhabitants it is the second largest town in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart.
Mannheim is situated in the delta of Rhein and Neckar. Mannheim has an important train junction and the largest domestic port in Germany. Mannheim is the only town in Germany, in which the inner city is built up on squares, like cities in the US. The main route through the squares leads to an enormous 18th century castle that houses the University of Mannheim. DaimlerChrysler is present with an assembly hangar for trucks and buses. The Swiss Roche Diagnostic group former known as Boehringer Mannheim has its division headquarter in Mannheim.
In 1720, Mannheim replaced Heidelberg as the capital of the Palatinate. Mannheim was home to the so-called Mannheim School of 18th century classicalThis article is about the broad genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. For the period of music in the 18th century see Classical music era, for articles on classical music of non-Western cultures, see: List of classical music tradition composers.
Carl BenzCarl Friedrich Benz ( November 25 1844 April 4 1929) was a German automobile engineer. He is generally regarded as the one of the inventors (with contemporary Gottlieb Daimler) of the gasoline-powered automobile, and was the son of an engine driver. Born invented and drove the worlds first carAn automobile usually called a car (an old word for carriage) or a truck is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own engine. Older terms include horseless carriage and motor car with "motor" referring to what is now usually called the engine. The act of ope in Mannheim in 18851885 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for calendar) Events January January 4 The first successful appendectomy is performed (Dr. William Grant; patient was Mary Gartside). January 20 L. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 26 T. Earlier still in 1817, Karl DraisKarl Drais ( April 19, 1785 December 10, 1851) was a German inventor and inventor of the bicycle, called draisine''. Karl Drais was born and died in Karlsruhe. He was a democrat and did not use his title Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Baron (Freiherr) Dr invented and rode the first two-wheeled contraption called Laufmaschine or velocipede - the very start of horseless personal transport. And banker Otto Hermann KahnOtto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn ( February 21, 1867 March 29, 1934) was a banker, collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts. Born and raised in Mannheim, Germany, Kahn started working for the Berliner Deutsche Bank and, in 1888, was sent to the was born there.Mannheim is also home of the Nationaltheater Mannheim (National Theatre).
Mannheims city symbol is the Wasserturm (Water tower), located in the east of the main city.