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Internationales Filmfest Mannheim Heidelberg

by tessy

Each year in november the film festival of Mannheim Heidelberg takes place. The film are shown in several cinemas in Mannheim and as well in Heidelberg. The 55th film festival is from 16.- 25. november 2006 . Have a look at the home page for more infos and the programme.

Museum of Technology and Work

by Nemorino

Not far from the Planetarium there is an interesting museum called the Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit, which has numerous exhibits on how technological developments have changed the work situation of the population in this part of Germany over the past four hundred years, starting with the invention of the pendulum clock in the seventeenth century.

The printed explanations of the exhibits are in German only, but at the entrance you can get a free folder in English or French, entitled Living history or Vivre l'Histoire, which at least gives a brief overview of the exhibits on the various levels of the museum.

Address: Museumsstrasse 1 in Mannheim. Streetcar number 6, one stop past the Planetarium. Closed on Mondays.

The permanent exhibits are free on Wednesday afternoons, by the way.

Interesting Museums

by tini58de

There are many museums in Mannheim and they do have excellent exhibitions. Since interests differ so much, I advise you to get information at the tourist info and then enjoy art, historical exhibitions, modern art, cultural exposures or other things!

Here is a link list of Mannheim museums that you might want to choose from!

A Dragon in Mannheim

by christine.j

A part of the castle is the chapel, which was used by the people living and working in the castle. When you look up to ceiling there, you can see a huge dragon, very Harry Potter like.It's the symbol of darkness and evil and of course the light is winning. That's probably why the dragon in my picture came out darker than I hoped it would. The whole painting in the ceiling is very interesting, but the dragon is my favourite part.
The chapel is now used by the Old-Catholic community of Mannheim. It's open during the day, from 10 am on.

Mannheim the capital of Kurpfalz

by rowo

"Overlook City Center from TV Tower"

Overview in western direction to Mannheim City Center, the River Neckar, who ends into Rhein at Mannheim, the sister City Ludwigshafen and the Pfälzer Wald Hills in the background. Welcom to the center of "Kurpfalz" and Baden-Würrtembergs 2nd biggest city!

"Kaiserring, Mannheim"

Mannheim is famous for his old town without street names - you have only Alphabetic and Numbering System there! Arround this city center area are a big ring street, which starts here at Main Train Station "Kaiserring" A lot of shops, hostels you can find here in this area.