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Mannheim Water Tower Mannheim Water Tower. The Water Tower (German: Wasserturm) is a well-known landmark of Mannheim, Germany. The water tower was built from 1886 to 1889 on the present Frederick Square (Friedrichsplatz) by Gustav Halmhuber. The tower, which is 60 meters high and 19 meters in diameter, was Mannheim's first urban water tower.
Heinz Hess (June 2, 1922 – March 5, 1992) was a German architect best known for his involvement in the construction of 20 churches in and around Mannheim. Heinz Hess Hess in 1939
The Friedrichsplatz with the Mannheim Water Tower, water features, and the Mannheimer Rosengarten (right) Aerial view of the Mannheim city center around Friedrichsplatz. The Friedrichsplatz in Mannheim is one of the most completely preserved neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau structures in Germany.
The Augustaanlage runs between Friedrichsplatz with the Mannheim Water Tower and the city entrance at Europaplatz near the Mannheim Planetarium Mannheim [].As an eastern entrance and exit road, it leads the traffic coming from the Bundesautobahn 656 via the Bundesstraße 37 from the direction of Heidelberg through the Oststadt into the city center and vice versa.
Mannheim (German pronunciation: ⓘ; Palatine German: Mannem [4] or Monnem), officially the University City of Mannheim (German: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the state capital, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a population of around 317,000.
The Collini Center (German: Appartment-Hochhaus am Collini-Center) is a high-rise residential complex in Mannheim, Germany. Built between 1972 and 1975, the complex consists of two main buildings, with the main one standing at 102 m (335 ft) tall with 32 floors which is the tallest habitable building in Mannheim .
The region has a long history when it comes to the pursuit of scientific discovery as does Rhine-Neckar. In 1386, the University of Heidelberg was founded as Germany’s first university and remains one of the most prestigious universities in Germany. Around 94,000 students are enrolled at the region’s institutes of higher education, roughly ...
As one of the major lines in Germany and the busiest line in southern Germany, the 78-kilometre (48 mi) long Frankfurt-Mannheim line between Zeppelinheim and Mannheim-Waldhof, the line's Linienzugbeeinflussung train control system is certified for speeds up to 200 km/h; although the maximum speed at the Biblis curve is about 90 km/h (56 mph).