The task is to preserve historical monuments for future generations
Up to the present day, it is a principle of conservation work to preserve monuments as evidence of past times and cultures. They do not only convey history but they are part of history and enable us to “touch history”. Therefore, it is the task of the preservation of monuments to protect these documents as originally as possible in their existing substance and to pass them on to future generations as “genuine” cultural heritage.
The fact that the Mannheim Castle owned one of the earliest and most important collections of European paintings under Karl-Theodor until the French Revolutionary Wars, is hardly known and unfortunately history.
A lively, literary life and its promotion are an essential part of municipal cultural policy for the formation of an urban community.
Apart from experimental text projects which are developed in collectives – such as in the Internet – the authorship of a literary work is mostly a singular act which can subsequently lead to further communication processes, such as dramatic or cinematic manifestations, in the theatre and the film, as a starting point for sound and image producing synaesthesias.
The elected representatives and the administration of the City of Mannheim interpret their duties following a simple motto:
Thinking and acting for the benefit of the citizens and companies.
Openness, determination and service orientation create framework conditions which make Mannheim attractive both as a modern place of residence and a business location.
Today, relations on an international level are of great importance for the communities. Towns and cities are working together in many different fields, exchange experience, develop concepts together and learn from each other. Such cooperations arise, for example, when a city is a member of different European and international committees and networks and often when there are friendly long-term relationships between towns and cities in different countries.
Go for a walk through forest areas in the heart of the city, jog to work through the park, watch tropical animals, understand nature in the teaching garden, go inline skating in the Squares in the summer organised by the city, enjoy the sun in the city centre in one of the biggest and self-contained Art Nouveau public grounds of Germany, swim under columns and impressive domes in the Art Nouveau swimming bath, cycle along the rivers Rhine and Neckar, discover a different world in the Chinese Garden, exercise in the sports park…
Mannheim’s citizens are keen on sports. No matter whether they cheer for the “Mannheim Eagles“ from the grandstand of the SAP ARENA or run the Twilight Marathon themselves – the sports gene is in their DNA. Mannheim’s citizens do not just watch sports, they are active themselves in large numbers. About three quarters of the inhabitants engage actively in sports at least once a week.