CinX's Travels 2015

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Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

Wiesbaden by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim is a city in the southwestern part of Germany, the third-largest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Mannheim is among the twenty largest cities in Germany, with a 2012 population of approximately 295,000 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" ("city of the squares"). The eighteenth century Mannheim Palace, former home of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate, now houses the University of Mannheim.

The city is home to major corporations including Daimler, John Deere, Caterpillar, ABB, Fuchs Petrolub, IBM, Roche, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Phoenix Group, Siemens, and several other well-known companies. In addition, Mannheim's SAP Arena is not only the home of the German ice hockey record champions the Adler Mannheim, but also the well-known handball team, the Rhein-Neckar Löwen. According to the Forbes magazine, Mannheim is known for its exceptional inventive power and was ranked 11th among the Top 15 of the most inventive cities worldwide. The New Economy Magazine elected Mannheim under the 20 cities that best represent the world of tomorrow emphasizing Mannheim's positive economic and innovative environment. Since 2014, Mannheim has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and holds the title of "Unesco City of Music".

The city's tourism slogan is "Leben. Im Quadrat." (Life. Squared.). The civic symbol of Mannheim is der Wasserturm, a Romanesque water tower completed in 1886 that rises to 60 metres above the highest point of the art nouveau area Friedrichsplatz. Mannheim is the starting and finishing point of the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mannheim by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire. In antiquity Mainz was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire; it was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. The city is located on the river Rhine at its confluence with the Main opposite Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main; in the modern age, Frankfurt shares much of its regional importance.

The city is famous as the home of the invention of the movable-type printing press, as the first books printed using movable type were manufactured in Mainz by Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English by its French name: Mayence.

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Some cloudy pics before they went away and I had almost only sunshine.
From the other side of the river Rhein, actually outside of Mainz and in the German state of Hesse.

Mainz seen from Mainz-Kastel by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mainz-Kastel by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mainz-Kastel by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Mainz is on the left

Mainz-Kastel by cinxxx, on Flickr

Theodor-Heuss-Brücke by cinxxx, on Flickr

Mainz-Kastel by cinxxx, on Flickr