page_title: Mannheim
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Mannheim / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: English: Mannheim Jesuit Church from West
context_page_description: Mannheim is a Universitätsstadt in the southwestern part of Germany, the third-largest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe with a 2015 population of approximately 310,000 inhabitants. The city is at the centre of the larger densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has a population of 2,400,000 and is Germany's eighth-largest metropolitan region.
  Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the northwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg. The Rhine separates Mannheim from the city of Ludwigshafen, just to the west of it in Rhineland-Palatinate, and the border of Baden-Württemberg with Hesse is just to the north. Mannheim is downstream along the Neckar from the city of Heidelberg.
  Mannheim is unusual among German cities in that its streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern, leading to its nickname "die Quadratestadt". The eighteenth century Mannheim Palace, former home of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate, now houses the University of Mannheim.
context_section_description: Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
  Mannheim synagogue – Post World War II synagogue
  Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque
  Luisenpark – named one of the loveliest parks in Europe
  Mannheim Palace (Mannheimer Schloss) – the city castle and main building of the University of Mannheim
  Wasserturm – the town's landmark water tower
  Jesuit Church
  SAP Arena – multifunctional indoor arena, home of Mannheim's ice-hockey team "Die Adler" ("The Eagles")
  Breite Strasse, Kunststrasse, and Kapuzinerplanken – Mannheim's main shopping destination
  International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
  Wildpark and Waldvogelpark am Karlstern
  The city centre, designed in squares (Quadratestadt)
  Reißinsel, a natural area that an honorary citizen of Mannheim, Carl Reiß, bequeathed to the residents of Mannheim
  Marktplatz (Market square) hosts a farmers' market every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers are sold
  Mannheimer Messe (:the Mannheim-Fair): twice a year (spring & autumn) a big fair takes place on Neuer Messplatz-square.
caption: Jesuit Church (background) and Sternwarte (defunct observatory; in the foreground)
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