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.
The five councils of the city administration of Mannheim comprise a total of 27 departments, 4 authorities and 6 municipal enterprises. In addition, there are several holdings.
The above organisation units are defined as follows:
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.
The multifaceted City of Mannheim is the centre of economic, ecological, cultural and social processes. Continuously changing demands on the city and new functions require corresponding reactions in the urban development field. The urban renewal and associated urban development promotion programme have proven to be a flexible and sustainable urban development instrument for the stabilisation and development of an area through several coordinated individual measures.
For many years now, the City of Mannheim has part of its duties performed by municipal enterprises or undertakings. The spectrum of tasks of these companies and municipal undertakings ranges from the supply of energy and water as well as the sewage and waste disposal over the public transport system, social housing and the health care system to important cultural and educational offerings.
The enterprises and municipal undertakings of the City of Mannheim present themselves on the following pages.
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